Nehemiah 5:1
Around this time some people and their wives started a tremendous argument with the other Jews.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
In Context
2They were complaining, “Our families are so large we need more food so we can eat and live.”
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If you lend money to any of my people because they're poor, you must not behave as a moneylender to them. You must not charge them any interest.
Deuteronomy 15:7If there are Israelites who are poor in any of your towns in the country the Lord your God is giving you, don't act in an unfeeling or miserly way towards them.
Job 34:28They made the poor call out to him, and he heard the cries of the oppressed.
Malachi 2:13Something else you do is to pour out your tears on the Lord's altar weeping and moaning because he no longer pays attention to your offerings or doesn't want to accept them.
Acts 7:26The next day when he arrived, two Israelites were fighting one another. He tried to reconcile them and stop the fight. ‘Men! You are brothers!’ he told them. ‘Why are you attacking each other?’
James 5:4Look, the wages of your farm workers that you cheated are crying out against you—the cries of the farm workers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:1
How bravely Nehemiah, as a wise and faithful governor, stood upon his guard against the attacks of enemies abroad, we read in the foregoing chapter. Here we have him no less bold and active to redress grievances at home, and, having kept them from being destroyed by their enemies, to keep them from destroying one another. Here is, I. The complaint which the poor made to him of the great hardships which the rich (of whom they were forced to borrow money) put upon them, ver. 1-5 . II. The effectual course which… Read the whole commentary →