Nehemiah 5:13

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

I also shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not perform this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Cross References

2 Kings 23:3

And the king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book; and all the people joined in the covenant.

1 Chronicles 16:36

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

Nehemiah 8:6

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God; and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Psalm 119:106

I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to observe thy righteous ordinances.

Psalm 50:14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;

Psalm 76:11

Make your vows to the Lord your God, and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.

Ecclesiastes 5:5

It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.

Numbers 5:22

may this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away.’ And the woman shall say, ‘Amen, Amen.’

Matthew 10:14

And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.

Acts 13:51

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

Acts 18:6

And when they opposed and reviled him, he shook out his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

1 Corinthians 14:16

Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how can any one in the position of an outsider say the “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?

1 Samuel 15:28

And Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.