Nehemiah 4:9

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Summary

Nehemiah 4:9

Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.

Nevertheless

Acts 4:24

Set a watch

Matthew 26:41

Luke 21:36

1 Peter 5:8

Bible References

Nevertheless

Our enemies said, “They will not know or see us until we are among them, kill them and put a stop to the work.”

Jacob said, “O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord, who said to me, ‘Return to your country and to your people, and I will make you prosper,’

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house (temple) of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.

Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

As for me, I shall call upon God,
And the Lord will save me.

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with senseless rage [and lacked spiritual insight], and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

And when they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, “O Sovereign Lord [having complete power and authority], it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them,

Set a watch

Keep actively watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

But keep alert at all times [be attentive and ready], praying that you may have the strength and ability [to be found worthy and] to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man [at His coming].”

Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.