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
Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 3:29
After them Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house. After him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, repaired.
We have trespassed
James 2:9
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Exodus 34:12
Take care, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in your midst.
Nehemiah 13:27
Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?"
Yet now there is hope
Exodus 34:6
The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,
Isaiah 55:6
"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;
Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, "'Return, faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will not look on you in anger, for I am merciful, declares the LORD; I will not be angry forever.
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 his Son cleanses us from all sin.
General references
Exodus 18:24
So Moses listened 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 no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."