Nehemiah 6:13

to this end, hired, he was, to the end that I might be afraid and do so, and might sin,—and it might serve them for an evil report, to the end they might bring reproach upon me.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

In Context

12Then perceived I, that lo! it was, not God, who had sent him,—though, a prophecy, he had spoken concerning me, but, Tobiah and Sanballat, had hired him:

14Have remembrance, O my God, of Tobiah and of Sanballat, according to these their doings,—moreover also, of Noadiah the prophetess, and of the rest of the prophets, who would have put me in fear.

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Cross References

Proverbs 22:1More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.

Ecclesiastes 7:1Better a name, than precious ointment,—and the day of death, than the day of one’s birth.

Isaiah 51:12I—I, am he that comforteth you,—Who art, thou, that thou hast feared Frail man that dieth, and A son of the earthborn, who, as grass, shall be delivered up?

Jeremiah 1:17Thou, therefore, shalt gird thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them, all that, I, command thee,—be not dismayed because of them, lest I dismay thee before their face.

Jeremiah 20:10Because I have heard the whispering of many—"A terror round about!" Tell ye [say they], that we may tell of him, All the men I am wont to salute do watch for my halting,—Peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail over him, and take our vengeance upon him.

Ezekiel 13:17And thou, Son of man Set thy face against the daughters of thy people, Those who are prophesying out of their own heart,— And prophesy thou against them;

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 6:11-15

Shemaiah's Plot Defeated. ( b. c. 445.) 10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. 11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. 12 And, lo, I perceived that God… Read the whole commentary →

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