1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 5:7Deut 15:7-111 Cor 6:6-8Acts 7:26Exod 22:25-27Exod 3:7Jas 5:4Job 31:38-39Job 34:28Lev 25:35-37
2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Mal 2:2Ps 128:2-4Gen 41:57Gen 42:2Gen 43:8Ps 127:3-5
3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 25:35-39Mal 3:8-11Deut 15:7Gen 47:15-25
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:201 Kgs 9:21Deut 28:47-48Ezra 7:24Josh 16:10Neh 9:37
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 4:1Lev 25:39-43Gen 37:27Isa 58:7Exod 21:1-11Gen 29:14Jas 2:5-6Matt 18:25
6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 11:8Neh 13:25Eph 4:26Num 16:15Mark 3:5Neh 13:8
7Then 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 23:19-20Lev 25:36Exod 22:252 Chr 19:6-7Deut 15:2-3Deut 24:10-13Ezek 22:12Lev 19:15Ps 15:51 Tim 5:20
8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 25:47-491 Cor 8:112 Cor 8:12Deut 24:7Exod 21:16Job 29:10Job 32:15Matt 22:12Matt 25:15Matt 25:29
9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 25:361 Pet 2:122 Sam 12:14Prov 18:5Rom 2:24Titus 2:51 Sam 2:241 Tim 5:14Acts 9:31Gen 13:7-8
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 6:1Exod 22:25-271 Cor 9:12-182 Cor 5:112 Cor 5:20Ezek 18:13Ezek 18:8Luke 3:13-14Mic 2:1Neh 5:7
11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Isa 58:6Lev 6:4-51 Sam 12:32 Sam 12:6Luke 3:8Neh 5:3-4
12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 10:5Jer 34:8-102 Chr 15:13-142 Chr 28:14-152 Chr 6:22-232 Kgs 23:2-3Ezra 10:12Luke 19:8Matt 19:21-22Matt 26:63
13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Acts 18:61 Chr 16:36Matt 10:14Zech 5:3-41 Kgs 11:29-311 Sam 15:282 Kgs 23:3Acts 13:51Deut 27:14-26Eccl 5:5
14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 13:61 Cor 9:181 Cor 9:4-152 Thess 3:8-9Ezra 4:13-14Neh 2:1Rom 13:6-7
15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 5:9Isa 50:10Prov 16:62 Cor 11:9Eccl 12:13-14Job 31:23Matt 5:471 Sam 8:152 Cor 12:13Prov 29:12
16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gal 6:91 Cor 15:581 Thess 2:5-6Acts 20:33-35Phil 2:20-212 Cor 12:16-18Luke 8:15Num 16:15Rom 2:7
17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 18:191 Pet 4:9-102 Sam 9:72 Sam 9:13Isa 32:8Rom 12:13
18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 4:22-23Ps 37:21Ps 37:26Neh 5:14-15
19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 13:31Neh 13:14Neh 13:22Ps 106:4Jer 29:11Ps 25:6-7Mark 9:41Matt 10:42Ps 18:23-25Ps 40:17