Nehemiah 3:5

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Summary

Nehemiah 3:5

And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.

The tekoites

Nehemiah 3:27

2 Samuel 14:2

Amos 1:1

Their nobles

Put not

Bible References

The tekoites

After them the Tekoites repaired another section, opposite the great tower that lies out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

And Joab sent to Tekoah, and brought from there a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray you, pretend to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Their nobles

Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, Curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.

For you see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

Charge them that are rich in this present age, that they be not haughty, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;

Put not

Thus says the LORD to me; Make yourself bonds and yokes, and put them upon your neck,

For it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more enslave them:

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

Now therefore why test God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?