Here are 30 verses from the book of Nehemiah:
- Nehemiah 1:4:
“When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven.”
- Nehemiah 2:4:
“The king said to me, ‘What is it you want?’ Then I prayed to the God of heaven.”
- Nehemiah 2:20:
“I answered them by saying, ‘The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding, but as for you, you have no share in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.'”
- Nehemiah 4:14:
“After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, ‘Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.'”
- Nehemiah 4:20:
“Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there. Our God will fight for us!”
- Nehemiah 5:19:
“Remember me with favor, my God, for all I have done for these people.”
- Nehemiah 6:9:
“They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, ‘Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.’ But I prayed, ‘Now strengthen my hands.'”
- Nehemiah 8:10:
“Nehemiah said, ‘Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.'”
- Nehemiah 8:17:
“The whole company that had returned from exile built temporary shelters and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this. And their joy was very great.”
- Nehemiah 9:6:
“You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.”
- Nehemiah 9:17:
“They refused to listen and failed to remember the miracles you performed among them. They became stiff-necked and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery. But you are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love. Therefore you did not desert them.”
- Nehemiah 9:20:
“You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.”
- Nehemiah 9:31:
“But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.”
- Nehemiah 9:38:
“In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement, putting it in writing, and our leaders, our Levites and our priests are affixing their seals to it.”
- Nehemiah 10:29:
“all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord.”
- Nehemiah 10:31:
“When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.”
- Nehemiah 11:2:
“The people commended everyone who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.”
- Nehemiah 12:24:
“The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their associates, who stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one section responding to the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.”
- Nehemiah 13:2:
“because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam to call a curse down on them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)”
- Nehemiah 13:14:
“Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.”
- Nehemiah 13:22:
“Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.”
- Nehemiah 13:31:
“and also, they were providing for the wood offering at designated times and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God.”
These verses from the book of Nehemiah illustrate themes of prayer, perseverance, leadership, and obedience to God’s law.
