Nehemiah 7:2

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Summary

That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.

My brother

Nehemiah 1:2

Hananiah

Nehemiah 10:23

The ruler

Nehemiah 2:8

A faithful man

Feared god

Isaiah 33:5

Bible References

My brother

that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem.

Hananiah

Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

The ruler

and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go.” And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

A faithful man

“Not so, with My servant Moses,

He is faithful in all My household;

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a

blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.

“Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’

“He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much.

In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.

The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Feared god

But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.

Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:

Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens.

“The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘He who rules over men righteously,

Who rules in the fear of God,

Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah

feared the Lord greatly;

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high;
He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.