Nehemiah 6:19

¹⁷ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.

¹⁸ For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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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Cross references

Acts 4:18–21
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
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Nehemiah 6:9
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
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Isaiah 37:10–14
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
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Nehemiah 6:13
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
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1 John 4:5
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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John 15:19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
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