Nehemiah 5:1

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Summary

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.

A great cry

James 5:4

Their brethren

General references

Amos 8:6

Bible References

A great cry

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Their brethren

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?

But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

General references

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.