Nehemiah 2:12

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Nehemiah 2:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

11 After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,

12 I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.

13 So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

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Genesis 32:22

During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Genesis 32:23

He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

Genesis 32:24

So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

Joshua 10:9

After marching all night from Gilgal, Joshua caught them by surprise.

Judges 6:27

So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime.

Judges 9:32

Now then, tonight you and the people with you are to come and lie in wait in the fields.

Matthew 2:14

So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,

Ecclesiastes 3:7

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Amos 5:13

Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

Micah 7:5

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Matthew 10:16

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Ezra 7:27

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Psalms 51:18

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalms 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Jeremiah 32:40

I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.

2 Corinthians 8:16

But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

James 1:16

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.

James 1:17

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Revelation 17:17

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