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 sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.
Nehemiah 3:29
After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer opposite his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate.
We have trespassed
James 2:9
But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convicted of the law as transgressors.
Exodus 34:12
Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the midst of you:
Nehemiah 13:27
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?
Yet now there is hope
Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Isaiah 55:6
Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever.
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
General references
Exodus 18:24
So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.