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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Neh 2:20 — Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
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The God
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Neh 2:4; 2Ch 26:5; Psa 20:5; Psa 35:27; Psa 102:13,14; Psa 122:6; Ecc 7:18 |
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ye have no
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Ezr 4:3; Act 8:21 |
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memorial
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Exd 28:29; Lev 2:2; Lev 24:7; Num 10:10; Isa 56:5; Zec 6:14; Act 10:4,31; When Nehemiah had prayed for the relief of his countrymen, and perhaps in David?s words, Psa 51:18, he did not sit still and say, ?Let God now do his own work, for I have no more to do;? but set himself to do what he could towards it; and here we find that the people were of one heart with Nehemiah. Our prayers must be seconded with our serious endeavours, or else we mock God. Nearly four months had passed, namely, from Chisleu to Nisan (November to March), before Nehemiah made his application to the king for leave to go to Jerusalem; either because the winter was not a proper time for such a journey, and he would not make a motion till he could pursue it, or because it was so long before his month of waiting upon the king came, and there was no coming into his presence until called for, Est 4:11 . We are not thus limited to certain moments in our addresses to the King of kings, but have liberty of access to him at all times; to the thr |
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Neh 2:4 |
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. |
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2Ch 26:5 |
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. |
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Psa 20:5 |
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up [our] banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. |
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Psa 35:27 |
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. |
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Psa 102:13 |
Thou shalt arise, [and] have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. |
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Psa 102:14 |
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. |
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Psa 122:6 |
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. |
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Ecc 7:18 |
[It is] good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. |
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Ezr 4:3 |
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. |
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Act 8:21 |
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. |
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Exd 28:29 |
And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy [place], for a memorial before the LORD continually. |
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Lev 2:2 |
And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, [to be] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: |
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Lev 24:7 |
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD. |
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Num 10:10 |
Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God. |
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Isa 56:5 |
Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. |
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Zec 6:14 |
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. |
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Act 10:4 |
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. |
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Act 10:31 |
And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. |
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Psa 51:18 |
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. |
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Est 4:11 |
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, [there is] one law of his to put [him] to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 2:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Neh/2/20.html>.
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