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Nehemiah Chapter 5: Verses 14 -15 (NLT) For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.  The former governors, in contrast, had laid heavy burdens on the people, demanding a daily…

Nehemiah Chapter 4: Verses 14-15 (NLT) Then as I looked over the situation, I called together the nobles and the rest of the people and said to them, “Don’t be afraid of the enemy! Remember the Lord, who is great and glorious, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your…

Psalm 147: Verse 1 (NIV) Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God,    how pleasant and fitting to praise him!Psalm 147: Verses 10-11 (NIV) His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse,    nor his delight in the legs of the warrior; the Lord delights in those who fear him,    who put their hope in his unfailing love. Today is…

Ezra Chapter 10 – Verses 1-4 (NIV) While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.  Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying…

Ezra Chapter 8: Verses 21-23 (NLT)  And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.  For I was ashamed to ask the king…

Ezra Chapter 7: Verse 23 (NIV) Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons? Ezra Chapter 7: Verse 25 (NIV) And you, Ezra, in accordance with the…

Ezra Chapter 6: Verses 1-5 (NLT) So King Darius issued orders that a search be made in the Babylonian archives, which were stored in the treasury.  But it was at the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found. This is what it said: “Memorandum:  “In the first year of King…

Ezra Chapter 5: Verse 5 (NIV) But the eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received. The original plan to rebuild the temple was delayed due to interference by the enemies of the people,…

 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of…