Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then I took off the sash I was wearing around my waist and shook it out. "This is how God will shake any of you who don't keep your promise," I said. "God will take away your houses and everything you own, and will leave you with nothing." Everyone who was present said, "Amen!" and praised the LORD. And the leaders kept their promise. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Moreover I shook my lap, and said: So may God shake every man that shall not accomplish this word, out of his house, and out of his labours, thus may he be shaken out, and become empty. And all the multitude said: Amen. And they praised God. And the people did according to what was said. Matthew 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet. Acts 13:51 But they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium. Acts 18:6 But they gainsaying and blaspheming, he shook his garments and said to them: Your blood be upon your own heads: I am clean. From henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. So God 1 Samuel 15:28 And Samuel said to him: The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to thy neighbour who is better than thee. 1 Kings 11:29-31 So it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias, the Silonite, clad with a new garment, found him in the way: and they two were alone in the field. . . . Zechariah 5:3,4 And he said to me: This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the earth: for every thief shall be judged as is there written: and every one that sweareth in like manner shall be judged by it. . . . emptied. Numbers 5:22 Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the woman shall answer, Amen, amen. Deuteronomy 27:14-26 And the Levites shall pronounce, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice: . . . praised 1 Chronicles 16:36 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to God. the people 2 Kings 23:3 And the king stood upon the step: and he made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant. Psalm 50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High. Psalm 76:11 Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round about him bring presents. To him that is terrible, Psalm 119:106 I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice. Ecclesiastes 5:5 And it is much better not to vow, than after a vow not to perform the things promised. Context Nehemiah Defends the Oppressed…12And they said: We will restore, and we will require nothing of them: and we will do as thou sayest. And I called the priests and took an oath of them, to do according to what I had said. 13Moreover I shook my lap, and said: So may God shake every man that shall not accomplish this word, out of his house, and out of his labours, thus may he be shaken out, and become empty. And all the multitude said: Amen. And they praised God. And the people did according to what was said. Cross References Acts 18:6 But they gainsaying and blaspheming, he shook his garments and said to them: Your blood be upon your own heads: I am clean. From henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. 1 Corinthians 14:16 Else, if thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned say, Amen, to thy blessing? Because he knoweth not what thou sayest. Nehemiah 8:6 And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground. Jump to Previous Amen Assembly Congregation Emptied House Lap Perform Performeth Praised Promise Shake Shaken ShookJump to Next Amen Assembly Congregation Emptied House Lap Perform Performeth Praised Promise Shake Shaken ShookLinks Nehemiah 5:13 NIVNehemiah 5:13 NLT Nehemiah 5:13 ESV Nehemiah 5:13 NASB Nehemiah 5:13 Bible Apps Nehemiah 5:13 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 5:13 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 5:13 French Bible Nehemiah 5:13 German Bible Alphabetical: a according all also Amen and as assembly At be did does emptied even every folds from front fulfill garment God had he his house I In keep LORD man may my not of out people possessions praised promise promised robe said shake shaken shook So such the Then they this Thus OT History: Nehemiah 5:13 Also I shook out my lap (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |