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- Nehemiah 6:3
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So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it to go down to you?”
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- Nehemiah 6:9
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For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
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- Nehemiah 6:13
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He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
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- Nehemiah 6:16
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When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
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- Nehemiah 8:4
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Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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- Nehemiah 8:12
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Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
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- Nehemiah 8:15
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and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
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- Nehemiah 8:16
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And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
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- Nehemiah 8:17
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The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
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- Nehemiah 8:18
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Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
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- Nehemiah 9:6
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You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
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- Nehemiah 9:10
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You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
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- Nehemiah 9:17
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They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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- Nehemiah 9:18
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Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
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- Nehemiah 9:24
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So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
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- Nehemiah 9:26
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But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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- Nehemiah 9:28
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But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
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- Nehemiah 9:29
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You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
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- Nehemiah 9:31
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But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
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- Nehemiah 9:33
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You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
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- Nehemiah 9:34
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Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
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- Nehemiah 10:29
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hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
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- Nehemiah 11:12
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and their associates who did the work at the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;
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- Nehemiah 12:27
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At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.
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- Nehemiah 13:5
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and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
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- Nehemiah 13:7
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to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
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- Nehemiah 13:10
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I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
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- Nehemiah 13:14
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Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
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- Nehemiah 13:17
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Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
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- Nehemiah 13:18
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Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
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- Nehemiah 13:27
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Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
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- Esther 1:3
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In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
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- Esther 1:5
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At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.
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- Esther 1:8
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By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.
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- Esther 1:9
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Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
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- Esther 1:15
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“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
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- Esther 1:20
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The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
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- Esther 1:21
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The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
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- Esther 2:1
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Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
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- Esther 2:4
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Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
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- Esther 2:11
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And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
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- Esther 2:18
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Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
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- Esther 2:20
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Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
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- Esther 3:8
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Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
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- Esther 3:9
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If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
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- Esther 3:11
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“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
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- Esther 4:1
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When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
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- Esther 4:17
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So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
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- Esther 5:4
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“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
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- Esther 5:5
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“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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