Nehemiah 5:9
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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?So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
In other translations
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?So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?
Hebrew words
וָאוֹמַרvaiyomerand I saidH559לֹא־lo'-notH3808טוֹבtov[is] goodH2896הַדָּבָרhadavarthe thingH1697אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834אַתֶּם'atemyouH859עֹשִׂים'osim[are] doingH6213הֲלוֹאhalo'¿ notH3808בְּיִרְאַתbeyir'atin [the] fear ofH3374אֱלֹהֵינוּ'eloheinuGod ourH430תֵּלֵכוּtelekhuare you walkingH1980מֵחֶרְפַּתmecherpatfrom [the] reproach ofH2781הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471אוֹיְבֵינוּ׃'oyveinuenemies ourH341
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Related verses
- Leviticus 25:36Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- 1 Peter 2:12Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
- Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
- Romans 2:24For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.As it is written: “God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
- 2 Samuel 12:14Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die.”
- Titus 2:5To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.to be self-controlled, pure, managers of their households, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be discredited.
- Proverbs 16:29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
- Genesis 42:18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- Genesis 20:11And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- 1 Samuel 2:24Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.No, my sons; it is not a good report I hear circulating among the LORD’s people.
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