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Nehemiah Chapter 1

Nehemiah
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Nehemiah

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Nehemiah describes his journey from Babylon to Jerusalem where he meets the king and learns that the city’s walls are being rebuilt. He then returns to his people, urging them to support the work and to pray for God’s protection. The chapter emphasizes the importance of obedience, unity, and God’s faithfulness to His promises.

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(1) The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
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Nehemiah 10:1Ezra 10:9Zechariah 7:1Ezra 7:7Esther 1:2Esther 3:15Daniel 8:2

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Esther 3:7Exodus 12:18Genesis 8:5Genesis 8:14II Kings 25:27II Chronicles 29:17

(2) That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
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Nehemiah 7:2Psalms 122:6Psalms 122:7Psalms 122:8Psalms 122:9Psalms 137:5Psalms 137:6Ezra 9:8Ezra 9:9Ezra 9:14Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 6:9

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19I Kings 3:11Numbers 30:12Ruth 4:7II Samuel 7:25

(3) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
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Nehemiah 7:6Nehemiah 11:3Ezra 2:1Ezra 5:8Esther 1:1Nehemiah 9:36Nehemiah 9:37Psalms 44:11Psalms 44:12Psalms 44:13Psalms 44:14Psalms 137:1

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Nehemiah 2:17Revelation 21:13Ezekiel 16:53II Chronicles 32:5Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(4) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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I Samuel 4:17I Samuel 4:18I Samuel 4:19I Samuel 4:20I Samuel 4:21I Samuel 4:22Ezra 10:1Psalms 69:9Psalms 69:10Psalms 102:13Psalms 102:14Psalms 137:1

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Genesis 21:16Judges 20:26II Samuel 1:12

(5) And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
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Nehemiah 4:14Deuteronomy 7:21I Chronicles 17:21Psalms 47:2Daniel 9:4Daniel 9:5Daniel 9:6Daniel 9:7Daniel 9:8Daniel 9:9Daniel 9:10Daniel 9:11

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Deuteronomy 7:9II Kings 23:3Daniel 9:4John 15:10Luke 6:32Leviticus 26:42

(6) Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
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I Kings 8:28I Kings 8:29II Chronicles 6:40Psalms 34:15Psalms 130:2Daniel 9:17Daniel 9:18I Samuel 15:11Psalms 55:17Psalms 88:1Luke 2:37Luke 18:7

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I Kings 8:29Deuteronomy 30:20Leviticus 4:28I Kings 16:13Jeremiah 33:8Romans 2:12

(7) We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
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Nehemiah 9:29Nehemiah 9:30Nehemiah 9:31Nehemiah 9:32Nehemiah 9:33Nehemiah 9:34Nehemiah 9:35Psalms 106:6Daniel 9:5Daniel 9:6II Chronicles 27:2Hosea 9:9

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Ezekiel 5:7Ezekiel 5:6Nehemiah 9:29Genesis 26:5I Kings 11:34II Kings 17:19

(8) Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
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Psalms 119:49Luke 1:72Leviticus 26:33Leviticus 26:34Leviticus 26:35Leviticus 26:36Leviticus 26:37Leviticus 26:38Leviticus 26:39Leviticus 26:40Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:42

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Leviticus 26:42

(9) But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
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Leviticus 26:39Leviticus 26:40Leviticus 26:41Leviticus 26:42Deuteronomy 4:29Deuteronomy 4:30Deuteronomy 4:31Deuteronomy 30:2Deuteronomy 30:3Deuteronomy 30:4Deuteronomy 30:5Jeremiah 29:11

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Mark 13:27Revelation 8:12II Kings 7:8Amos 9:2Amos 9:3Ruth 3:13

(10) Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.
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Exodus 32:11Deuteronomy 9:29Isaiah 63:16Isaiah 63:17Isaiah 63:18Isaiah 63:19Isaiah 64:9Daniel 9:15Daniel 9:16Daniel 9:17Daniel 9:18Daniel 9:19

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Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(11) O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
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Nehemiah 1:6Psalms 86:6Psalms 130:2Proverbs 1:29Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 26:9Hebrews 13:18Nehemiah 2:8Genesis 32:11Genesis 32:28Genesis 43:14Ezra 1:1

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Psalms 17:1Esther 8:8Nehemiah 1:6I Kings 8:28II Chronicles 6:19Psalms 102:1

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