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Nehemiah 6:19

Tobiah
Fear

17 Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came back to them.

18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
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BSB
Moreover, these nobles kept reporting to me Tobiah’s good deeds, and they relayed my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.
KJV
Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
WEB
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
ASV
Also they spake of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
DARBY
Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. [And] Tobijah sent letters to put me in fear.
BLB
Also his good [deeds] they were reporting before me, and my words were reported to him. Tobiah sent letters to frighten me.
ÅB
De pleide også å tale til meg om hans gode egenskaper og å bære mine ord fram til ham. Tobias sendte også brev for å skremme meg.
OTB
Dessuten talte de om hans gode gjerninger i mitt nærvær, og rapporterte mine ord til ham. Og Tobia sendte brev for å skremme meg.
B1930
De pleide også å tale til mig om hans gode egenskaper og å bære mine ord frem til ham. Tobias sendte også brev for å skremme mig.

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  • Acts 4:18–21

    Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.

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  • Nehemiah 6:9

    For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.

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  • Isaiah 37:10–14

    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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  • Proverbs 28:4

    Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

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  • Nehemiah 6:13

    He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

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  • 1 John 4:5

    They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

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  • John 15:19

    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

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  • John 7:7

    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

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