Nehemiah 5:8

Tree of Life Version

I said to them, “As much as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the nations. Now you also are selling your brothers so that they will be sold back to us?” Then they became silent and could not find anything to say.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:9

Then I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good! Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, in order to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies?

Job 29:10

the voice of the nobles was hushed and their tongue stuck to their palate.

Job 32:15

“They are dismayed and no longer reply; words have failed them.

Exodus 21:16

“Anyone who steals a person and sells him, or is found with him under his hand, must surely be put to death.

Matthew 22:12

‘Friend,’ he said to him, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was silent.

Matthew 25:15

To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his own ability. Then he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:29

For to the one who has, more shall be given, and he shall have an abundance. But from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

Romans 14:15

For if your brother is grieved on account of food, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy by your food the one for whom Messiah died.

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.

1 Corinthians 8:11

For the one who is weak is destroyed by your knowledge—the brother for whom Messiah died.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is present, the gift is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he doesn’t have.

Galatians 6:10

Therefore, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good toward all—especially those who belong to the household of faith.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers from Bnei-Yisrael, whether he treats him like property or sells him, then that kidnapper must die. So you are to purge the evil from your midst.