Nehemiah 6:10
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10 Later I went to visit Shemaiah son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home. He said, “Let us meet together inside the Temple of God and bolt the doors shut. Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight.”
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Jeremiah 36:5
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5 Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, “I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.
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Matthew 7:15
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The Tree and Its Fruit
15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.
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Psalm 37:12
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12 The wicked plot against the godly;
they snarl at them in defiance.
Acts 21:30
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30 The whole city was rocked by these accusations, and a great riot followed. Paul was grabbed and dragged out of the Temple, and immediately the gates were closed behind him.
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John 3:20
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20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.
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Malachi 1:10
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10 “How I wish one of you would shut the Temple doors so that these worthless sacrifices could not be offered! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “and I will not accept your offerings.
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Ezekiel 3:24
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24 Then the Spirit came into me and set me on my feet. He spoke to me and said, “Go to your house and shut yourself in.
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Proverbs 11:9
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9 With their words, the godless destroy their friends,
but knowledge will rescue the righteous.
Psalm 120:2-3
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2 Rescue me, O Lord, from liars
and from all deceitful people.
3 O deceptive tongue, what will God do to you?
How will he increase your punishment?
Psalm 12:2
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2 Neighbors lie to each other,
speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts.
Job 24:13-17
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13 “Wicked people rebel against the light.
They refuse to acknowledge its ways
or stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises in the early dawn
to kill the poor and needy;
at night he is a thief.
15 The adulterer waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No one will see me then.’
He hides his face so no one will know him.
16 Thieves break into houses at night
and sleep in the daytime.
They are not acquainted with the light.
17 The black night is their morning.
They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
Nehemiah 6:12
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12 I realized that God had not spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
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Ezra 10:31
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31 From the family of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
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Ezra 8:16
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16 So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders of the people. I also sent for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were men of discernment.
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2 Chronicles 29:7
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7 They also shut the doors to the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 29:3
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Hezekiah Reopens the Temple
3 In the very first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah reopened the doors of the Temple of the Lord and repaired them.
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2 Chronicles 28:24
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24 The king took the various articles from the Temple of God and broke them into pieces. He shut the doors of the Lord’s Temple so that no one could worship there, and he set up altars to pagan gods in every corner of Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 11:3
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3 Joash remained hidden in the Temple of the Lord for six years while Athaliah ruled over the land.
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2 Kings 9:8
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8 The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel.
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