Nehemiah 5:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

I shook my lap

Matthew 10:14

Acts 13:51

Acts 18:6

So god

1 Samuel 15:28

1 Kings 11:29

Zechariah 5:3

Praised

1 Chronicles 16:36

The people

Ecclesiastes 5:5

Bible References

I shook my lap

And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.

And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his clothes, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

So god

And Samuel said unto him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and the two were alone in the field:

Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that steals shall be cut off according to the writing on this side; and every one that swears falsely shall be cut off according to the writing on that side.

Praised

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel forever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

The people

And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people joined in to the covenant.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.

Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.