1And it came to pass, that when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall he was angry: and being moved exceedingly he scoffed at the Jews.

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Nehemiah 2:10, Hebrews 11:36, Nehemiah 2:10, Hebrews 11:36, Acts 5:17

2And said before his brethren, and the multitude of the Samaritans: What are the silly Jews doing? Will the Gentiles let them alone? will they sacrifice and make an end in a day? are they able to raise stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, which are burnt?

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1 Corinthians 1:27, Ezra 4:9, Ezra 4:10, 1 Corinthians 1:27, Ezra 4:9

3Tobias also the Ammonite who was by him said: Let them build: if a fox go up, he will leap over their stone wall.

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Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 2:19, 1 Kings 20:10, Nehemiah 2:10, 2 Kings 18:23

4Hear thou our God, for we are despised: turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them to be despised in a land of captivity.

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Psalms 79:12, Psalms 79:12, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4, Psalms 123:3

5Cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thy face, because they have mocked thy builders.

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Jeremiah 18:23, Psalms 109:14, Jeremiah 18:23, Psalms 109:14, Psalms 69:27

6So we built the wall, and joined it all together unto the half thereof: and the heart of the people was excited to work.

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Philippians 2:13, Philippians 2:13, Hebrews 13:21, 1 Chronicles 29:3, Nehemiah 6:15

7And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry.

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Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 2:10, Acts 5:33

8And they all assembled themselves together, to come, and to fight against Jerusalem, and to prepare ambushes.

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Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:11, Psalms 83:3, Psalms 83:11, Psalms 2:1

9And we prayed to our God, and set watchmen upon the wall day and night against them.

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1 Peter 5:8, 1 Peter 5:8, Acts 4:24, Acts 4:30, Acts 4:24

10And Juda said: The strength of the bearer of burdens is decayed, and the rubbish is very much, and we shall not be able to build the wall.

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Numbers 32:9, 2 Chronicles 2:18, Ezekiel 29:18, Psalms 11:1, Psalms 11:2

11And our enemies said: Let them not know, nor understand, till we come in the midst of them, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.

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Isaiah 47:11, Psalms 56:6, Acts 23:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 2 Samuel 17:2

12And it came to pass, that when the Jews that dwelt by them came and told us ten times, out of all the places from whence they came to us,

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Genesis 31:41, Job 19:3, Genesis 31:7, Numbers 14:22, Genesis 31:41

13I set the people in the place behind the wall round about in order, with their swords, and spears, and bows.

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Nehemiah 4:17, Nehemiah 4:18, Ephesians 6:11, Ephesians 6:20, Nehemiah 4:17

14And I looked and rose up: and I said to the chief men and the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: be not afraid of them. Remember the Lord who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, and your wives, and your houses.

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Numbers 14:9, 2 Samuel 10:12, Numbers 14:9, 2 Samuel 10:12, Isaiah 41:10

15And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.

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2 Samuel 17:14, 2 Samuel 17:14, Romans 12:11, Romans 12:11, Job 5:12

16And it came to pass from that day forward, that half of their young men did the work, and half were ready for to fight, with spears, and shields, and bows, and coats of mail, and the rulers were behind them in all the house of Juda.

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Nehemiah 4:23, Nehemiah 4:23, Psalms 101:6, Nehemiah 5:15, Nehemiah 5:16

17Of them that built on the wall and that carried burdens, and that laded: with one of his hands he did the work, and with the other he held a sword.

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2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Corinthians 6:7, 2 Timothy 2:3, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Corinthians 6:7

18For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.

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Numbers 10:9, 2 Chronicles 13:12, 2 Chronicles 13:17, Numbers 10:9, 2 Chronicles 13:12

19And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:

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20In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.

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Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:14, Deuteronomy 20:4, Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 20:4

21And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.

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Galatians 6:9, Galatians 6:9, Colossians 1:29, Colossians 1:29, 1 Corinthians 15:58

22At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.

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Nehemiah 11:1, Nehemiah 11:2, Nehemiah 11:1, Nehemiah 11:2

23Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.

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Judges 5:11, Judges 9:48, 1 Corinthians 15:10, Nehemiah 5:16, Nehemiah 7:2