Nehemiah 5:2

The Scriptures 1998

And there were some who were saying, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many. Let us get grain for them, and eat, and live.”

Cross References

Genesis 41:57

And all the earth came to Yosĕ

Genesis 42:2

And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.”

Genesis 43:8

And Yehuḏ

Genesis 47:19

“Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and let us and our land be servants of Pharaoh. And give us seed, and let us live and not die, and let the land not lie waste.”

2 Kings 4:1

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared יהוה. And the lender has come to take my two sons to be his slaves.”

Nehemiah 5:3

And there were some who were saying, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses. Let us buy grain because of the scarcity of food.”

Haggai 1:6

“You have sown much, but brought in little; eat, but do not have enough; drink, but you are not filled with drink; clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Malachi 2:2

“If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה  of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.

Deuteronomy 23:19

“Do not lend at interest to your brother, interest of silver, interest of food, or interest of whatever is lent at interest.