Nehemiah 6:10

Attempts To Intimidate Nehemiah

⁹ For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands. ¹⁰ When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, “Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night.” ¹¹ But I said, “Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.”

Doors of the Temple

House of God

Let Us

Temple of God

Delaiah

Mehetabeel

Mehetabel

Shemaiah

Jeremiah 36:5

Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 6:5

Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around.

2 Kings 9:8

For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel.

2 Kings 11:3

So he was hidden with her in the house of the Lord six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land.

2 Chronicles 28:24

Moreover, when Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed the doors of the house of the Lord and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:3

In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them.

2 Chronicles 29:7

They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel.

Ezra 8:16

So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers.

Ezra 10:31

and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Nehemiah 6:12

Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Job 24:13-17

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.

Psalm 120:2-3

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
From a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 11:9

With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.

Ezekiel 3:24

The Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself up in your house.

Malachi 1:10

“Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.

Matthew 7:15

“Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.

John 3:20

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

Acts 21:30

Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.