Nehemiah 6:10

Attempts To Intimidate Nehemiah

⁹ For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong. ¹⁰ And I went to the house of Shemaiah, the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us have a meeting in the house of God, inside the Temple, and let the doors be shut: for they will come to put you to death; truly, in the night they will come to put you to death. ¹¹ And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

Doors of the Temple

House of God

Let Us

Temple of God

Delaiah

Mehetabeel

Mehetabel

Shemaiah

Jeremiah 36:5

And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

1 Kings 6:5

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

2 Kings 9:8

For the family of Ahab will come to an end; every male of Ahab's family will be cut off, he who is shut up and he who goes free in Israel.

2 Kings 11:3

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

2 Chronicles 28:24

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:3

In the first year of his rule, in the first month, opening the doors of the Lord's house, he made them strong.

2 Chronicles 29:7

The doors of his house have been shut and the lights put out; no perfumes have been burned or offerings made to the God of Israel in his holy place.

Ezra 8:16

Then I sent for Eliezer and Ariel and Shemaiah and Elnathan Jarib and Elnathan and Nathan and Zechariah and Meshullam, all responsible men; and for Joiarib and Elnathan, who were wise men.

Ezra 10:31

And of the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Nehemiah 6:12

Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.

Job 24:13-17

Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

Psalm 12:2

Everyone says false words to his neighbour: their tongues are smooth in their talk, and their hearts are full of deceit.

Psalm 37:12

The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the evil man sends destruction on his neighbour; but through knowledge the upright are taken out of trouble.

Ezekiel 3:24

Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.

Malachi 1:10

If only there was one among you who would see that the doors were shut, so that you might not put a light to the fire on my altar for nothing! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of armies, and I will not take an offering from your hands.

Matthew 7:15

Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.

John 3:20

The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

Acts 21:30

And all the town was moved, and the people came running together and put their hands on Paul, pulling him out of the Temple: and then the doors were shut.