Nehemiah 5:8

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Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.

Leviticus 25:47-49

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

Exodus 21:16

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

Deuteronomy 24:7

If a man takes by force one of his countrymen, the children of Israel, using him as his property or getting a price for him, that thief is to be put to death: so you are to put away evil from among you.

Job 29:10

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 32:15

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Matthew 22:12

And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

Matthew 25:15

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

Matthew 25:29

For to everyone who has will be given, and he will have more: but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

Romans 3:19

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

Romans 14:15

And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

1 Corinthians 8:11

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

2 Corinthians 8:12

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

Galatians 6:10

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

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Summary

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

We after

Matthew 25:15

2 Corinthians 8:12

Galatians 6:10

Redeemed

Leviticus 25:47

Sell your

Exodus 21:16

Deuteronomy 24:7

Shall they

Romans 14:15

1 Corinthians 8:11

Held

General references

Leviticus 25:48

Amos 8:6

Bible References

We after

And to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to everyone as he was able; and he went on his journey.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

So then, as we have the chance, let us do good to all men, and specially to those who are of the family of the faith.

Redeemed

And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

Sell your

Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.

Shall they

And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.

And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

Held

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

General references

After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,

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.