Discovery Box| (0.48) | Neh 4:4 |
| Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! |
| (0.48) | Neh 4:5 |
| Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended 1 the builders! 2 |
| (0.48) | Neh 6:8 |
| I sent word back to him, “We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. 1 All of this is a figment of your imagination.” 2 |
| (0.48) | Neh 6:9 |
| All of them were wanting 1 to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands! 2 |
| (0.48) | Neh 7:2 |
| I then put in charge over Jerusalem 1 my brother Hanani and Hananiah 2 the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do. |
| (0.48) | Neh 8:5 |
| Ezra opened the book in plain view 1 of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, 2 all the people stood up. |
| (0.48) | Neh 8:12 |
| So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food 1 with others 2 and to enjoy tremendous joy, 3 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them. |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:18 |
| even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious 1 blasphemies. |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:2 |
| for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:10 |
| I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. |
| (0.48) | Est 1:8 |
| There were no restrictions on the drinking, 1 for the king had instructed all of his supervisors 2 that they should do as everyone so desired. 3 |
| (0.48) | Est 1:11 |
| to bring Queen Vashti into the king’s presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive. 1 |
| (0.48) | Est 1:13 |
| The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times – for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities. 1 |
| (0.48) | Est 1:20 |
| And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated 1 throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. 2 Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.” |
| (0.48) | Est 2:10 |
| Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, 1 for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. 2 |
| (0.48) | Est 4:2 |
| But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. |
| (0.48) | Est 8:6 |
| For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?” 1 |
| (0.48) | Est 9:3 |
| All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. |
| (0.48) | Est 9:24 |
| For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them. |
| (0.48) | Est 10:3 |
| Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-ranking 1 Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives. 2 He worked enthusiastically 3 for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare of 4 all his descendants. 5 |
