Nehemiah 6:6
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6 In it was written, “It is reported among the nations, and Geshem[a] also says it, that you and (A)the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.
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- Nehemiah 6:6 Hebrew Gashmu
Nehemiah 6:6
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Nehemiah 2:19
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19 But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and (A)Geshem the Arab heard of it, (B)they jeered at us and despised us and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? (C)Are you rebelling against the king?”
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Nehemiah 2:19
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19 But when Sanballat(A) the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem(B) the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us.(C) “What is this you are doing?” they asked. “Are you rebelling against the king?”
1 Peter 3:16
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16 (A)having a good conscience, so that, (B)when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.
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1 Peter 3:16
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16 keeping a clear conscience,(A) so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.(B)
Romans 3:8
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8 And why not (A)do evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
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Romans 3:8
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8 Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—“Let us do evil that good may result”?(A) Their condemnation is just!
Ezra 4:12
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12 be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are (A)finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.
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Ezra 4:12
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12 The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.(A)
1 Peter 2:12-13
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12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, (B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on (C)the day of visitation.
Submission to Authority
13 (D)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,[a] whether it be to the emperor[b] as supreme,
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- 1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
- 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17
1 Peter 2:12-13
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12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.
13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(C) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
2 Corinthians 6:8
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8 through honor and dishonor, (A)through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
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2 Corinthians 6:8
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8 through glory and dishonor,(A) bad report(B) and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors;(C)
John 19:13
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13 So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on (A)the judgment seat at a place called The Stone Pavement, and in Aramaic[a] Gabbatha.
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- John 19:13 Or Hebrew; also verses 17, 20
John 19:13
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13 When Pilate heard this, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judge’s seat(A) at a place known as the Stone Pavement (which in Aramaic(B) is Gabbatha).
Luke 23:2
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2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man (A)misleading our nation and (B)forbidding us to give tribute to (C)Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, (D)a king.”
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Luke 23:2
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2 And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.(A) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar(B) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”(C)
Matthew 5:11
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11 (A)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (B)on my account.
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Matthew 5:11
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11 “Blessed are you when people insult you,(A) persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(B)
Jeremiah 20:10
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Jeremiah 20:10
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Jeremiah 9:3-6
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3 (A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
(B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 (C)Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every (D)brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor (E)goes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
(F)they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong
Jeremiah 9:3-6
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3 “They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;(A)
it is not by truth
that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge(B) me,”
declares the Lord.
4 “Beware of your friends;(C)
do not trust anyone in your clan.(D)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](E)
and every friend a slanderer.(F)
5 Friend deceives friend,(G)
and no one speaks the truth.(H)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(I)
they weary themselves with sinning.
6 You[c] live in the midst of deception;(J)
in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.
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- Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
- Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob
- Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)
Nehemiah 6:1-2
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Conspiracy Against Nehemiah
6 Now when (A)Sanballat and Tobiah and (B)Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it ((C)although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of (D)Ono.” But they intended to do me harm.
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Nehemiah 6:1-2
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Further Opposition to the Rebuilding
6 When word came to Sanballat, Tobiah,(A) Geshem(B) the Arab and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left in it—though up to that time I had not set the doors in the gates— 2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages[a] on the plain of Ono.(C)”
But they were scheming to harm me;
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 6:2 Or in Kephirim
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