Nehemiah 5:1
Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.”Nehemiah 5:1
What Does Nehemiah 5:1 Mean?
Nehemiah 5:1 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 5, verse 1 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Nehemiah 5:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 82:4“Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”Ecclesiastes 4:1“So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.”Isaiah 5:7“For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.”Exodus 21:2“If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.”Deuteronomy 15:7“If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:”Jeremiah 34:8“This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;”Exodus 3:7“And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;”Exodus 22:25“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”Leviticus 25:35“And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.”Nehemiah 10:31“And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.”Job 31:38“If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;”Job 34:28“So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.”Job 35:9“By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.”Psalms 37:21“The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”Jeremiah 15:10“Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.”Lamentations 5:13“They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.”Ezekiel 18:8“He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,”Ezekiel 22:12“In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 45:9“Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.”Amos 8:6“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
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