Nehemiah 5:12   (Read all of Nehemiah 5)

"We will give it back," they said. "And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say." Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised.

Nehemiah 5:13   (Read all of Nehemiah 5)

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, "In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!" At this the whole assembly said, "Amen," and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Nehemiah 6:3   (Read all of Nehemiah 6)

so I sent messengers to them with this reply: "I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?"

Nehemiah 6:7   (Read all of Nehemiah 6)

and have even appointed prophets to make this proclamation about you in Jerusalem: 'There is a king in Judah!' Now this report will get back to the king; so come, let us meet together."

Nehemiah 6:12   (Read all of Nehemiah 6)

I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Nehemiah 6:14   (Read all of Nehemiah 6)

Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me.

Nehemiah 7:6   (Read all of Nehemiah 7)

These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

Nehemiah 8:15   (Read all of Nehemiah 8)

and that they should proclaim this word and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem: "Go out into the hill country and bring back branches from olive and wild olive trees, and from myrtles, palms and shade trees, to make temporary shelters"-as it is written.

Nehemiah 9:8   (Read all of Nehemiah 9)

You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.

Nehemiah 9:26   (Read all of Nehemiah 9)

"But they were disobedient and rebelled against you; they turned their backs on your law. They killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you; they committed awful blasphemies.

Nehemiah 9:30   (Read all of Nehemiah 9)

For many years you were patient with them. By your Spirit you warned them through your prophets. Yet they paid no attention, so you gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.

Nehemiah 9:32   (Read all of Nehemiah 9)

"Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes-the hardship that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

Nehemiah 9:36   (Read all of Nehemiah 9)

"But see, we are slaves today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.

Nehemiah 10:30   (Read all of Nehemiah 10)

"We promise not to give our daughters in marriage to the peoples around us or take their daughters for our sons.

Nehemiah 11:3   (Read all of Nehemiah 11)

These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon's servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,

Nehemiah 11:20   (Read all of Nehemiah 11)

The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.

Nehemiah 12:31   (Read all of Nehemiah 12)

I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 12:36   (Read all of Nehemiah 12)

and his associates-Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani-with musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the teacher of the Law led the procession.

Nehemiah 12:38   (Read all of Nehemiah 12)

The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top of the wall, together with half the people-past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,

Nehemiah 13:5   (Read all of Nehemiah 13)

and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.

Nehemiah 13:7   (Read all of Nehemiah 13)

and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.

Nehemiah 13:31   (Read all of Nehemiah 13)

I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God.

Esther 1:1   (Read all of Esther 1)

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush :

Esther 1:3   (Read all of Esther 1)

and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present.