"For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, {O…" — Nehemiah 6:9

Nehemiah 6:9 · KJV

“For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, {O God}, strengthen my hands.”

— Nehemiah 6:9

Verse 8

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Verse 10

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who {was} shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Nehemiah 6 — Context

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, {There is} a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, {O God}, strengthen my hands.

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who {is there}, that, {being} as I {am}, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Cross References

Psalms 138:3

In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, {and} strengthenedst me {with} strength in my soul.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. {grieved: Heb. bitter}

Hebrews 12:12

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Nehemiah 4:10-14

And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and {there is} much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Ephesians 3:16

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle {you}.