Nehemiah 5:5
Nehemiah · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Yet 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.”Nehemiah 5:5
What Does Nehemiah 5:5 Mean?
Nehemiah 5:5 is found in the book of Nehemiah, chapter 5, verse 5 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 5:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 18:25“But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.”Isaiah 50:1“Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.”Leviticus 25:39“And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:”2 Kings 4:1“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.”Exodus 21:7“And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.”Genesis 37:27“Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.”Leviticus 25:48“After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:”Job 24:9“They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.”Isaiah 58:7“Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?”Genesis 17:13“He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.”Genesis 29:14“And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.”Exodus 21:1“Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.”Exodus 21:26“And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.”Deuteronomy 5:14“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.”Esther 7:4“For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.”Job 31:15“Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?”Proverbs 29:13“The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.”Ephesians 6:9“And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.”Colossians 4:1“Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.”James 2:5“Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?”
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