Nehemiah 5:8

and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

Cross References (13)

  • Leviticus 25:47–49 (4)

    If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to

  • Job 29:10 (2)

    The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

  • Romans 3:19 (2)

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and

  • 1 Corinthians 8:11 (2)

    So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

  • Exodus 21:16 (2)

    Whoever kidnaps another man must be put to death, whether he sells him or the man is found in his possession.

  • Matthew 22:12 (2)

    ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.

  • Deuteronomy 24:7 (2)

    If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnappe

  • 2 Corinthians 8:12 (2)

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  • Job 32:15 (2)

    Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

  • Matthew 25:29 (2)

    For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. But the one who does not have, even what he has

  • Romans 14:15 (2)

    If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brot

  • Matthew 25:15 (2)

    To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he

  • Galatians 6:10 (1)

    Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.