Nehemiah 9:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

Refused

Hebrews 12:25

Mindful

2 Peter 1:12

Appointed

Numbers 14:4

Acts 7:39

A god

Forsookest

1 Kings 6:13

1 Kings 8:57

Psalm 106:43

General references

Numbers 14:4

Bible References

Refused

and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'

Yea, unto a land flowing with milk and honey thou hast not brought us in, nor dost thou give to us an inheritance of field and vineyard; the eyes of these men dost thou pick out? we do not come up.'

And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word.

Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,

See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking -- much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,

Mindful

And they forget His doings, And His wonders that He shewed them.

For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

Our fathers in Egypt, Have not considered wisely Thy wonders, They have not remembered The abundance of Thy kind acts, And provoke by the sea, at the sea of Suph.

do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took up?

Wherefore, I will not be careless always to remind you concerning these things, though, having known them, and having been established in the present truth,

Appointed

And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'

to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

A god

Jehovah is slow to anger, and of great kindness; bearing away iniquity and transgression, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on a third generation, and on a fourth; --

For Thou, Lord, art good and forgiving. And abundant in kindness to all calling Thee.

But with Thee is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth in kindness.

Forsookest

and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'

'Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

Many times He doth deliver them, And they rebel in their counsel, And they are brought low in their iniquity.

General references

And they say one unto another, 'Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'