Nehemiah 4:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So we went on with the work: and half of them had spears in their hands from the dawn of the morning till the stars were seen.

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  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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  • Neh 4:6-20
    15 verses
    82%

    6So we went on building the wall; and all the wall was joined together half-way up: for the people were working hard.

    7But when it came to the ears of Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabians and the Ammonites and the Ashdodites, that the building of the walls of Jerusalem was going forward and the broken places were being made good, they were full of wrath;

    8And they made designs, all of them together, to come and make an attack on Jerusalem, causing trouble there.

    9But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.

    10And Judah said, The strength of the workmen is giving way, and there is much waste material; it is impossible for us to put up the wall.

    11And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

    12And it came about that when the Jews who were living near them came, they said to us ten times, From all directions they are coming against us.

    13So in the lowest part of the space at the back of the walls, in the open places, I put the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

    14And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

    15And when it came to the ears of those who were against us, that we had knowledge of their designs and that God had made their purpose come to nothing, we all went back to the wall, everyone to his work

    16And from that time, half of my servants were doing their part of the work, and half kept the spears and body-covers and the bows and the metal war-dresses; and the chiefs were at the back of the men of Judah.

    17Those who were building the wall and those who were moving material did their part, everyone working with one hand, with his spear in the other;

    18Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.

    19And I said to the great ones and the chiefs and the rest of the people, The work is great and widely spaced and we are far away from one another on the wall:

    20Wherever you may be when the horn is sounded, come here to us; our God will be fighting for us.

  • Neh 4:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22And at the same time I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant come inside Jerusalem for the night, so that at night they may keep watch for us, and go on working by day.

    23So not one of us, I or my brothers or my servants or the watchmen who were with me, took off his clothing, everyone went armed to the water.

  • 1 Sam 25:16
    69%

    16But day and night they were like a wall round us while we were with them, looking after the sheep.

  • Neh 5:16
    69%

    16And I kept on with the work of this wall, and we got no land for ourselves: and all my servants were helping with the work.

  • Neh 6:9-10
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    69%

    9For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

    10And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death.

  • Neh 7:3
    69%

    3And I said to them, Do not let the doors of Jerusalem be open till the sun is high; and while the watchmen are in their places, let the doors be shut and locked: and let the people of Jerusalem be put on watch, every one in his watch, opposite his house.

  • Neh 12:40
    69%

    40So the two bands of those who gave praise took up their positions in the house of God, and I and half of the chiefs with me:

  • Neh 2:15-18
    4 verses
    68%

    15Then in the night, I went up by the stream, viewing the wall; then turning back, I went in by the door in the valley, and so came back.

    16And the chiefs had no knowledge of where I had been or what I was doing; and I had not then said anything to the Jews or to the priests or the great ones or the chiefs or the rest of those who were doing the work.

    17Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

    18Then I gave them an account of how the hand of my God was on me, helping me; and of the king's words which he had said to me. And they said, Let us get to work on the building. So they made their hands strong for the good work.

  • Ezra 5:4
    68%

    4Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?

  • Neh 6:16
    68%

    16And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
    68%

    13So the workmen did their work, making good what was damaged and building up the house of God till it was strong and beautiful again.

  • Jer 6:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

    5Up! let us go up by night, and send destruction on her great houses.

  • Ezra 4:4
    67%

    4Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;

  • 1 Chr 9:27
    67%

    27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.

  • Ezra 3:9
    66%

    9Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, the sons of Hodaviah, together took up the work of overseeing the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

  • Neh 12:38
    66%

    38And the other band of those who gave praise went to the left, and I went after them with half the people, on the wall, over the tower of the ovens, as far as the wide wall;

  • Neh 2:20
    66%

    20Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.

  • Neh 13:21
    66%

    21Then I gave witness against them and said, Why are you waiting all night by the wall? if you do so again I will have you taken prisoners. From that time they did not come again on the Sabbath.

  • Jer 46:4
    66%

    4Make the horses ready, and get up, you horsemen, and take your places with your head-dresses; make the spears sharp and put on the breastplates.

  • Ezra 5:8-9
    2 verses
    66%

    8This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.

    9Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

  • Hab 3:11
    66%

    11At the light of your arrows they went away, at the shining of your polished spear.

  • Ezra 10:13
    66%

    13But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
    65%

    6To the woodworkers and the builders and the stone-cutters; and for getting wood and cut stones for the building up of the house.

  • 1 Cor 4:12
    65%

    12And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

  • Ezra 4:1
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    1Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;

  • 1 Chr 22:15
    65%

    15And you have a great number of workmen, cutters and workers of stone and wood, and experts in every sort of work,

  • Neh 9:3
    65%

    3And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

  • Neh 4:2
    65%

    2And in the hearing of his countrymen and the army of Samaria he said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they make themselves strong? will they make offerings? will they get the work done in a day? will they make the stones which have been burned come again out of the dust?

  • Ezra 4:23
    65%

    23Then, after reading the king's letter, Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their friends went quickly to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and had them stopped by force.