Nehemiah 5:9

New International Version

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 42:18

On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

2 Samuel 12:14

But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

Nehemiah 4:4

Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.

Nehemiah 5:10

I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!

Nehemiah 5:15

But the earlier governors—those preceding me—placed a heavy burden on the people and took forty shekels of silver from them in addition to food and wine. Their assistants also lorded it over the people. But out of reverence for God I did not act like that.

Psalm 90:11

If only we knew the power of your anger! Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good.

Proverbs 17:26

If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 19:2

Desire without knowledge is not good— how much more will hasty feet miss the way!

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

Ezekiel 36:20

And wherever they went among the nations they profaned my holy name, for it was said of them, ‘These are the Lord’s people, and yet they had to leave his land.’

Leviticus 25:36

Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

Acts 9:31

Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.

Romans 2:24

As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”

1 Timothy 5:14

So I counsel younger widows to marry, to have children, to manage their homes and to give the enemy no opportunity for slander.

Titus 2:5

to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

1 Peter 2:12

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

1 Samuel 2:24

No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good.