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
Among the children Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jerimoth and Elijah.
Nehemiah 3:29
After them builded Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him builded Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah the keeper of the east gate.
We have trespassed
James 2:9
But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.
Exodus 34:12
Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabiters of the land whither thou goest lest it be cause of ruin among you.
Nehemiah 13:27
And shall we then obey unto you, to do all this great evil, and to transgress against our God, and marry strange wives?"
Yet now there is hope
Exodus 34:6
And when the LORD walked before him, he cried, "LORD, LORD God full of compassion and mercy, which art not lightly angry but abundant in mercy and truth,
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.
Jeremiah 3:12
and therefore go preach these words toward the north, and say, 'Thou shrinking Israel, turn again, sayeth the LORD; and I will not turn my face from you, for I am merciful, sayeth the LORD. And I will not always bear displeasure against thee:
1 John 1:7
but and if we walk in light even as he is in light, then have we fellowship together, and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin.
General references
Exodus 18:24
And Moses heard 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 thee," nor the head also to the feet, "I have no need of you."