Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Shechaniah
We have trespassed
Yet now there is hope
General references
Bible References
Shechaniah
Ezra 10:26
And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 3:29
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. And after him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
We have trespassed
James 2:9
But if ye have respect of persons, ye commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
Exodus 34:12
Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee;
Nehemiah 13:27
And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
Yet now there is hope
Exodus 34:6
And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep anger for ever.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
General references
Exodus 18:24
And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
1 Corinthians 12:21
The eye cannot say to the hand, I have not need of thee; or again, the head to the feet, I have not need of you.