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

Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your feet.

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

When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"

So god

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

It happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.

Then he said to me, "This is the curse that goes out over the surface of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it on the one side; and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off according to it on the other side.

Praised

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. All the people said, "Amen," and praised Yahweh.

The people

The king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Yahweh, to walk after Yahweh, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all [his] heart, and all [his] soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your righteous ordinances.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.