Nehemiah 6:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Shemaiah

Matthew 7:15

Shut up

2 Kings 9:8

Jeremiah 36:5

Ezekiel 3:24

Let us meet

Psalm 12:2

Psalm 37:12

Psalm 120:2

The house

1 Kings 6:5

2 Kings 11:3

Let us shut

In the night

Job 24:13

John 3:20

Bible References

Shemaiah

And lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Shut up

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab the males, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut thyself within thy house.

Let us meet

They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

The house

And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

Let us shut

And Ahaz collected the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made for himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

He, in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.

Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on my altar for naught. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul and drew him out of the temple. And forthwith the doors were shut.

In the night

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not its ways, nor abide in its paths.

For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.