Nehemiah 6:10

New English Translation

Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, “Let’s set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let’s close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you.”

Cross References

Genesis 36:39

When Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place; the name of his city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab.

1 Kings 6:5

He built an extension all around the walls of the temple’s main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it.

2 Kings 11:3

He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

2 Kings 9:8

Ahab’s entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated.

2 Chronicles 28:24

Ahaz gathered the items in God’s temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord’s temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:3

In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord’s temple and repaired them.

2 Chronicles 29:7

They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

Ezra 10:31

From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Ezra 8:16

So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers.

Nehemiah 6:12

I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat.

Psalm 12:2

People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive.

Psalm 37:12

Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.

Proverbs 11:9

With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Jeremiah 36:5

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord’s temple.

Ezekiel 3:24

Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, “Go shut yourself in your house.

Malachi 1:10

“I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will no longer accept an offering from you.

Matthew 7:15

“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

Acts 21:30

The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut.