this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, sin
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was up
I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,”
I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law
and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gate
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day
And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of M
This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments an
See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving yo
Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies.” A Maskil of the sons of Korah. A love song. My heart is stirred by a n
Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, and in which you stand firm.
Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of
Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner wh
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I la
and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments pr
They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius
When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own
On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the he
I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produc
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them,
They served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anai