A Short Study in Scripture: Jealousy for God's Honor

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II. Nehemiah says: “Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen?” (Neh. 5:99Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (Nehemiah 5:9)). “I came unto the house of Shemaiah . . 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. 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. And lo! I perceived that God had not sent him: but that . . . Sanballat had hired him . . . that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin: and that they might have an evil report that they might reproach me” (Neh. 6:10-1310Afterward 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. 11And 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. 12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. 13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. (Nehemiah 6:10‑13)).
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”
“It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes” (Ps. 118:9).
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