Nehemiah 5:9

And I said, The thing which ye do is not good; ye will not so walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the Gentiles our enemies.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

In Context

8and I said to them, We of our free-will have redeemed our brethren the Jews that were sold to the Gentiles; and do ye sell your brethren? and shall they be delivered to us? And they were silent, and found no answer.

10Both my brethren, and my acquaintances, and I, have lent them money and corn: let us now leave off this exaction.

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Cross References

Genesis 20:11And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

Leviticus 25:36Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee.

2 Samuel 12:14Only because thou hast given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, thy son also + 12:14 Gr. born.that is born to thee shall surely die.

Nehemiah 5:15But as for the former acts of extortion wherein those who were before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the very outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

Proverbs 17:26It is not right to punish a righteous man, nor is it holy to plot against righteous princes.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:7-14

Grievances of the Poor Redressed. ( b. c. 445.) 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing… Read the whole commentary →

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