Nehemiah 2

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

  • 2:4 The king said to me, "What is it you want?" So I prayed to the God of heaven, 5
  • 2:18 I told them how the hand of my God had been good to me, and also what the king had said to me. They said, "Let us start building!" So they prepared themselves for this good work. 1
  • 2:19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they mocked us and scorned us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" 1
  • 2:20 I answered them, "The God of heaven will give us success, and we his servants will start building. But you have no share, no right and no memorial in Jerusalem." 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 22 — Let’s Build cites Nehemiah 2:18

    …‘Let us start rebuilding,’ they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.” — Nehemiah 2:18 (BSB) Nehemiah worked for a king, far away from his home city of Jerusalem. One day, he…

  2. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Prayer cites Neh. ii. 4

    …up little winged messengers to God, as Nehemiah did in the very presence of Artaxerxes. (Neh. ii. 4.) And never think that time is wasted which is given to God. A nation does not become…

  3. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    The Man Who Prays cites Nehemiah 2:4

    …Before he spoke to the king, before he laid a single stone, he lifted his heart to God (Nehemiah 2:4). And above them all, our Lord Jesus Christ prayed. The Son of God, perfect in every way…

  4. Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther · Ochorus Originals

    A Weaned Child cites Nehemiah 2:4

    …asked by the king what he wanted, “prayed to the God of heaven” before he answered (Nehemiah 2:4, ASV). “The silent ejaculation of Nehemiah before Artaxerxes,” Crowther wrote, quoting…

  5. Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Nehemiah 2:4

    …deference to Europeans had a cost. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 131:1-2; Philippians 2:3; Nehemiah 2:4. Reflection 1. How do you read his letter “I know my place as negro”? 2. What is the…

  6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites Neh 2: 4

    …is a sudden and short elevation of the heart to God. ‘So I prayed to the God of heaven.’ Neh 2: 4. (4) Inspired prayer, when we pray for those things which God puts into our heart. The…

  7. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    August cites Neh 2:19-20

    …will arise and build. So built we the wall; for the people had a mind to work.” — Neh 2:19-20; Neh 4:6. THE BUILDING of the ruined walls of Jerusalem, as the record shows, was…