Bible Cross References
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Numbers 13:30
Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, and said, "We should attack now and take the land; we are strong enough to conquer it."
1 Chronicles 22:19
Now serve the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. Start building the Temple, so that you can place in it the Covenant Box of the LORD and all the other sacred objects used in worshiping him."
1 Chronicles 28:20
King David said to his son Solomon, "Be confident and determined. Start the work and don't let anything stop you. The LORD God, whom I serve, will be with you. He will not abandon you, but he will stay with you until you finish the work to be done on his Temple.
1 Chronicles 29:2
I have made every effort to prepare materials for the Temple---gold, silver, bronze, iron, timber, precious stones and gems, stones for mosaics, and quantities of marble.
1 Chronicles 29:3
Over and above all this that I have provided, I have given silver and gold from my personal property because of my love for God's Temple.
2 Chronicles 31:20
Throughout all Judah, King Hezekiah did what was right and what was pleasing to the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles 31:21
He was successful, because everything he did for the Temple or in observance of the Law, he did in a spirit of complete loyalty and devotion to his God.
Ezra 6:14
The Jewish leaders made good progress with the building of the Temple, encouraged by the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. They completed the Temple as they had been commanded by the God of Israel and by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, emperors of Persia.
Ezra 6:15
They finished the Temple on the third day of the month Adar in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Darius.
Nehemiah 2:12-20
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I did not tell anyone what God had inspired me to do for Jerusalem. Then in the middle of the night I got up and went out, taking a few of my companions with me. The only animal we took was the donkey that I rode on.
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It was still night as I left the city through the Valley Gate on the west and went south past Dragon's Fountain to the Rubbish Gate. As I went, I inspected the broken walls of the city and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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Then on the east side of the city I went north to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool. The donkey I was riding could not find any path through the rubble,
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so I went down into Kidron Valley and rode along, looking at the wall. Then I returned the way I had come and went back into the city through the Valley Gate.
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None of the local officials knew where I had gone or what I had been doing. So far I had not said anything to any of the other Jews---the priests, the leaders, the officials, or anyone else who would be taking part in the work.
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But now I said to them, "See what trouble we are in because Jerusalem is in ruins and its gates are destroyed! Let's rebuild the city walls and put an end to our disgrace."
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And I told them how God had been with me and helped me, and what the emperor had said to me. They responded, "Let's start rebuilding!" And they got ready to start the work.
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When Sanballat, Tobiah, and an Arab named Geshem heard what we were planning to do, they laughed at us and said, "What do you think you're doing? Are you going to rebel against the emperor?"
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I answered, "The God of Heaven will give us success. We are his servants, and we are going to start building. But you have no right to any property in Jerusalem, and you have no share in its traditions."
Nehemiah 3:1-16
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This is how the city wall was rebuilt. The High Priest Eliashib and his fellow priests rebuilt the Sheep Gate, dedicated it, and put the gates in place. They dedicated the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.
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The men of Jericho built the next section. Zaccur son of Imri built the next section.
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The clan of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They put the beams and the gates in place, and put in the bolts and bars for locking the gate.
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Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, built the next section. Meshullam, the son of Berechiah and grandson of Meshezabel, built the next section. Zadok son of Baana built the next section.
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The men of Tekoa built the next section, but the leading men of the town refused to do the manual labor assigned them by the supervisors.
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Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah rebuilt Jeshanah Gate. They put the beams and the gates in place, and put in the bolts and bars for locking the gate.
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Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah built the next section, as far as the residence of the governor of West-of-Euphrates.
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Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a goldsmith, built the next section. Hananiah, a maker of perfumes, built the next section, as far as Broad Wall.
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Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section.
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Jedaiah son of Harumaph built the next section, which was near his own house. Hattush son of Hashabneiah built the next section.
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Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath Moab built both the next section and the Tower of the Ovens.
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Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section. (His daughters helped with the work.)
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Hanun and the inhabitants of the city of Zanoah rebuilt the Valley Gate. They put the gates in place, put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate, and repaired the wall for fifteen hundred feet, as far as the Rubbish Gate.
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Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the Beth Haccherem District, rebuilt the Rubbish Gate. He put the gates in place, and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate.
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Shallum son of Colhozeh, ruler of the Mizpah District, rebuilt the Fountain Gate. He covered the gateway, put the gates in place, and put in the bolts and the bars. At the Pool of Shelah he built the wall next to the royal garden, as far as the stairs leading down from David's City.
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Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half of the Bethzur District, built the next section, as far as David's tomb, the pool, and the barracks.
Nehemiah 4:2
In front of his companions and the Samaritan troops he said, "What do these miserable Jews think they're doing? Do they intend to rebuild the city? Do they think that by offering sacrifices they can finish the work in one day? Can they make building stones out of heaps of burnt rubble?"
Nehemiah 4:6
So we went on rebuilding the wall, and soon it was half its full height, because the people were eager to work.
Nehemiah 4:9-13
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but we prayed to our God and kept men on guard against them day and night.
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The people of Judah had a song they sang: "We grow weak carrying burdens; There's so much rubble to take away. How can we build the wall today?"
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Our enemies thought we would not see them or know what was happening until they were already upon us, killing us and putting an end to our work.
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But time after time Jews who were living among our enemies came to warn us of the plans our enemies were making against us.
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So I armed the people with swords, spears, and bows, and stationed them by clans behind the wall, wherever it was still unfinished.
Nehemiah 4:17-23
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who were rebuilding the wall. Even those who carried building materials worked with one hand and kept a weapon in the other,
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and everyone who was building kept a sword strapped to their waist. The man who was to sound the alarm on the bugle stayed with me.
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I told the people and their officials and leaders, "The work is spread out over such a distance that we are widely separated from one another on the wall.
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If you hear the bugle, gather around me. Our God will fight for us."
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So every day, from dawn until the stars came out at night, half of us worked on the wall, while the other half stood guard with spears.
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During this time I told the men in charge that they and all their helpers had to stay in Jerusalem at night, so that we could guard the city at night as well as work in the daytime.
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I didn't take off my clothes even at night, neither did any of my companions nor my servants nor my bodyguards. And we all kept our weapons at hand.
Nehemiah 13:8-31
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I was furious and threw out all of Tobiah's belongings.
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I gave orders for the rooms to be ritually purified and for the Temple equipment, grain offerings, and incense to be put back.
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I also learned that the Temple musicians and other Levites had left Jerusalem and gone back to their farms, because the people had not been giving them enough to live on.
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I reprimanded the officials for letting the Temple be neglected. And I brought the Levites and musicians back to the Temple and put them to work again.
12
Then all the people of Israel again started bringing to the Temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil.
13
I put the following men in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, a priest; Zadok, a scholar of the Law; and Pedaiah, a Levite. Hanan, the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, was to be their assistant. I knew I could trust these men to be honest in distributing the supplies to the other workers.
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Remember, my God, all these things that I have done for your Temple and its worship.
15
At that time I saw people in Judah pressing juice from grapes on the Sabbath. Others were loading grain, wine, grapes, figs, and other things on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem; I warned them not to sell anything on the Sabbath.
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Some people from the city of Tyre were living in Jerusalem, and they brought fish and all kinds of goods into the city to sell to our people on the Sabbath.
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I reprimanded the Jewish leaders and told them, "Look at the evil you're doing! You're making the Sabbath unholy.
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This is exactly why God punished your ancestors when he brought destruction on this city. And yet you insist on bringing more of God's anger down on Israel by profaning the Sabbath."
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So I gave orders for the city gates to be shut at the beginning of every Sabbath, as soon as evening began to fall, and not to be opened again until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my men at the gates to make sure that nothing was brought into the city on the Sabbath.
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Once or twice merchants who sold all kinds of goods spent Friday night outside the city walls.
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I warned them, "It's no use waiting out there for morning to come. If you try this again, I'll use force on you." From then on they did not come back on the Sabbath.
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I ordered the Levites to purify themselves and to go and guard the gates to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy. Remember me, O God, for this also, and spare me because of your great love.
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At that time I also discovered that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
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Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or some other language and didn't know how to speak our language.
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I reprimanded the men, called down curses on them, beat them, and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath in God's name that never again would they or their children intermarry with foreigners.
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I told them, "It was foreign women that made King Solomon sin. Here was a man who was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him and made him king over all of Israel, and yet he fell into this sin.
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Are we then to follow your example and disobey our God by marrying foreign women?"
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Joiada was the son of Eliashib the High Priest, but one of Joiada's sons married the daughter of Sanballat, from the town of Beth Horon, so I made Joiada leave Jerusalem.
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Remember, God, how those people defiled both the office of priest and the covenant you made with the priests and the Levites.
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I purified the people from everything foreign; I prepared regulations for the priests and the Levites so that all of them would know their duties;
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I arranged for the wood used for burning the offerings to be brought at the proper times, and for the people to bring their offerings of the first grain and the first fruits that ripened. Remember all this, O God, and give me credit for it.
Psalm 71:15-18
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I will tell of your goodness; all day long I will speak of your salvation, though it is more than I can understand.
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I will go in the strength of the LORD God; I will proclaim your goodness, yours alone.
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You have taught me ever since I was young, and I still tell of your wonderful acts.
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Now that I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me, O God! Be with me while I proclaim your power and might to all generations to come.
Jeremiah 29:13
You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.
Matthew 6:33
Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.
John 4:34
"My food," Jesus said to them, "is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.
Romans 12:11
Work hard and do not be lazy. Serve the Lord with a heart full of devotion.
Romans 15:18-20
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I will be bold and speak only about what Christ has done through me to lead the Gentiles to obey God. He has done this by means of words and deeds,
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by the power of miracles and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. And so, in traveling all the way from Jerusalem to Illyricum, I have proclaimed fully the Good News about Christ.
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My ambition has always been to proclaim the Good News in places where Christ has not been heard of, so as not to build on a foundation laid by someone else.
1 Corinthians 9:24
Surely you know that many runners take part in a race, but only one of them wins the prize. Run, then, in such a way as to win the prize.
1 Corinthians 9:26
That is why I run straight for the finish line; that is why I am like a boxer who does not waste his punches.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am, and the grace that he gave me was not without effect. On the contrary, I have worked harder than any of the other apostles, although it was not really my own doing, but God's grace working with me.
1 Corinthians 16:10
If Timothy comes your way, be sure to make him feel welcome among you, because he is working for the Lord, just as I am.
Ephesians 5:16
Make good use of every opportunity you have, because these are evil days.
Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as though you were working for the Lord and not for people.
2 Peter 1:12-15
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And so I will always remind you of these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly grounded in the truth you have received.
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I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive.
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I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.
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I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:6
Their loves, their hates, their passions, all died with them. They will never again take part in anything that happens in this world.
Ecclesiastes 11:3
No matter which direction a tree falls, it will lie where it fell. When the clouds are full, it rains.
Job 14:7-12
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There is hope for a tree that has been cut down; it can come back to life and sprout.
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Even though its roots grow old, and its stump dies in the ground,
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with water it will sprout like a young plant.
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But we die, and that is the end of us; we die, and where are we then?
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Like rivers that stop running, and lakes that go dry,
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people die, never to rise. They will never wake up while the sky endures; they will never stir from their sleep.
Psalm 6:5
In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.
Psalm 88:10-12
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Do you perform miracles for the dead? Do they rise up and praise you?
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Is your constant love spoken of in the grave or your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
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Are your miracles seen in that place of darkness or your goodness in the land of the forgotten?
Isaiah 38:18
No one in the world of the dead can praise you; The dead cannot trust in your faithfulness.
Isaiah 38:19
It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.
John 9:4
As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me; night is coming when no one can work.
Acts 20:25-31
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"I have gone about among all of you, preaching the Kingdom of God. And now I know that none of you will ever see me again.
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So I solemnly declare to you this very day: if any of you should be lost, I am not responsible.
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For I have not held back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God.
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So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.
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I know that after I leave, fierce wolves will come among you, and they will not spare the flock.
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The time will come when some men from your own group will tell lies to lead the believers away after them.
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Watch, then, and remember that with many tears, day and night, I taught every one of you for three years.