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I sat down and wept

Neh.1.1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Neh.1.4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Sad in his presence

Neh.2.1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.

Neh.2.14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

Neh.4.1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

Neh.4.7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

Every one unto his work

Neh.4.12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

Neh.4.15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
Neh.4.16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.

This work was wrought of our God

Neh.6.1 Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)

Neh.6.16 And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.

They separated from Israel all the mixed multitude

Neh.7.1 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

Neh.13.3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
Neh.13.19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

From India even unto Ethiopia

Est.1.1 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Est.2.8 So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

Mordecai's matters

Est.3.4 Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Esther put on her royal apparel

Est.5.1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

His days are determined

Job.4.15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

Job.6.15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

Job.9.11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.
Job.9.26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

Job.11.16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

Job.14.5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job.14.20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

Job.15.19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Job.19.8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job.28.8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

Terrors are turned upon me

Job.30.15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Job.34.20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.

Job.37.21 And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

The fowl of the air

Psa.8.8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

At the brightness

Psa.18.12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

Psa.37.5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psa.37.7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Psa.37.36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

Psa.48.4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

Psa.58.8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

He remembered that they were but flesh

Psa.78.13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.
Psa.78.39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

Psa.80.12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

Psa.84.6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

Psa.89.41 All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.

Psa.90.9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

Psa.103.16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Psa.104.9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.

Psa.136.14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Psa.144.4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

Psa.148.6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.

Pro.4.15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Pro.7.8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

He appointed the foundations of the earth

Pro.8.29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Pro.10.25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Pro.16.30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Pro.19.11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

Pro.22.3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Pro.26.17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Pro.27.12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The earth abideth for ever

Eccl.1.4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.

Into my mother's house

Song.3.4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.