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Nehemiah 4:15
Nehemiah 4:15 is verse 15 of Nehemiah chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
King James Version
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
World English Bible
When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work.
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Nehemiah 4:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible
13 So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.
14 After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
15 When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
16 And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
17 who were rebuilding the wall. The laborers who carried materials worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Samuel 15:31Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
2 Samuel 17:14Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.
Job 5:12He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Job 5:13He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Psalms 33:10The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
Isaiah 44:25who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
Lamentations 3:37Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
Lamentations 3:38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
1 Corinthians 3:19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
1 Corinthians 3:20And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
Mark 13:34It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Romans 12:11Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:11and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.