Nehemiah 9:33  Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly. The hardest part of life is admitting our weakness or need. Most want to be right with God but do not want to think of themselves as failing God in any way. […]

Nehemiah 9:25 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.  God’s people were delighting themselves in the great goodness of […]

Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. This text is my favorite description of Biblical preaching. They opened the Word of God. They read it clearly, distinctly. They gave the sense, made people understand what was being […]

Nehemiah 7:2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. Nehemiah started his story by telling how his brother had been to Jerusalem. His brother had shared the destruction of Jerusalem with him. Now they have […]

Nehemiah 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. Tobiah wants to stop the work of God. He writes letters to Nehemiah. Tobiah even writes open letters. He looks for things that might scare Nehemiah. He states the obvious […]

Nehemiah 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. Things are […]

Nehemiah 4:11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. The enemies of Nehemiah and God’s people were confident that they could sneak in and kill them unawares. The people would be unprepared for their attack. […]

Isaiah 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, So that there is no place clean. Isaiah said even the priest and prophet were staggering from drink. They had become falling down drunks. They could no longer think straight because of the effect of their brews. All the tables were covered in the […]

Nehemiah 6:16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. God did the work. The work had been from difficult […]

Nehemiah 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. A “man of God” had come to condemn Nehemiah and his work. Nehemiah wanted to respect true men of God. He had to try the spirits to see […]

Nehemiah 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in […]

Nehemiah 6:8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. They attacked Nehemiah and the work of God. When they did, they were bringing false accusations. Nehemiah answered them by merely saying, nothing like what you are saying has […]

Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. Nehemiah got really angry. He is fighting an enemy on the outside. He is building a wall around the city […]

Nehemiah 4:23 So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Have you ever been super busy in the work of the Lord? They were so busy that they literally […]

Nehemiah 4:17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. 
Most of us do not like conflict. We want to avoid it at all costs. We love the idea […]

Nehemiah 4:7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight […]

Nehemiah 4:6 So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. God’s people got the job done. The reason was that they were determined to work. They were involved from the heart. They wanted to see the job through. When […]

Nehemiah 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. This Eliashib has become so wicked that his best friends are the enemies of God. He is the high priest. He should stand for God. […]

Nehemiah 13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed […]

Nehemiah 13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: 5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, […]

Nehemiah 6:14 My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. Tobiah is a wicked man. He is doing all he can to hinder the work of Nehemiah as he rebuilds the wall […]

Nehemiah 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. Nehemiah is rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem. Two people are agitated that Nehemiah is working for the good of the children […]

Nehemiah 3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. In Nehemiah 3 we see them start working on the wall around Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate. Here the chapter ends, and they are back around to the Sheep Gate. It began with the Sheep […]

Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers […]

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. […]


Romans 5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that […]

Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; But let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, And peace, shall they add to thee. 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou […]

Nehemiah 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. People were working all up and down the wall, but only one gets the extra word added to his work, earnestly. This man was […]

Nehemiah 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. There are gates all around the city of Jerusalem. Nehemiah and the team are busy repairing and rebuilding it all. One […]

Nehemiah 3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord. As Nehemiah was building the wall, many people got involved. The Tekoites worked very hard. They traveled to get involved. They did more than most on the wall. There was one problem. Their […]

Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. As Nehemiah and his team repair and build the wall around […]

Matthew 2:1 1 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. When the wise men found the young child, Jesus, they worshipped Him. […]

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. God has never abandoned the world. He has never left us to ourselves. He has always been involved and with us. But when Jesus was born, […]

Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. When Jesus miraculously came into the world, He came to rescue people from their self-inflicted damage. He came to save man because man had sinned. Sin would take that man […]

Nehemiah 4:20 In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. The beauty of this passage is that Nehemiah and the people knew that they were not alone. They were to be ready. They were to fight together. They were to do […]

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; Trust also in him; and he shall bring it […]

Nehemiah 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. Nehemiah and the people that followed him knew that […]

Nehemiah 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. The enemies of God felt like they could attack God’s people and stop God’s work. God’s […]

Habakkuk 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the […]

Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, And come to Zion with songs And everlasting joy upon their heads: They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away. God promised He would bring His people back to their land, Zion. They were His. He had rescued them from […]

Isaiah 35:3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, And confirm the feeble knees. Sometimes you just get so discouraged and depressed that you feel weak. You do not know how to go on. You see no path out, no way to victory. God is the answer for you. He will come through He will rescue you. […]

Iaaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD is our king; he will save us. There is no other. The Lord God of the universe is everything,. He is our judge. He decides what is right and wrong. He is the One that saves us when we fail […]

Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; And the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. When God and the Holy Spirit go to work in your life, there will be righteousness. When that righteousness is at work in your life, then peace will be produced. When righteousness is at work, […]