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Neh 9:35 — For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

For they		Deu 28:47; Jer 5:19; Rom 3:4,5
in their kingdom		"Instead of bemalkuthom, ""in their kingdom,"" bemalkuthecha, ""in thy kingdom,"" is the reading of two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., LXX., Syriac, and Arabic."
thy great		Neh 9:25
fat land		Deu 8:7-10; Deu 31:21; Deu 32:12-15

Correlating Passages

For they

	Deu 28:47	Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all [things];
	Jer 5:19	And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land [that is] not yours.
	Rom 3:4	God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
	Rom 3:5	But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

thy great

Neh 9:25

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

fat land

	Deu 8:7	For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
	Deu 8:8	A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
	Deu 8:9	A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any [thing] in it; a land whose stones [are] iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
	Deu 8:10	When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
	Deu 31:21	And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
	Deu 32:12	[So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him.
	Deu 32:13	He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
	Deu 32:14	Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
	Deu 32:15	But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 9:35," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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