Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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Also they spoke of his good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 6:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 6:9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
- Nehemiah 6:13 He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
- Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
- Isaiah 37:10-14 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’ ” Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to Yahweh’s house, and spread it before Yahweh.
- John 7:7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
- John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
- Acts 4:18-21 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves, for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.” When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- 1 John 4:5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Neh 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before…
Neh 6:19 Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. [And] Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Ver. 19. Also they reported his good deeds before me] Heb. His goodness, as if he had been another Phocion, who was surnamed the Good. But this was but in their opinion only, who had little enough goodness, and skill to judge it. Or if there were any good in him, yet Sunt bona mista malis and of him might be said, as once of Sfortz, duke of Milan, that he was a very monster, made up and compact of virtue and vice (Folieta Galeazo).
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Also they reported his good deeds before me,.... Recommended…
Also they reported his good deeds before me,.... Recommended him as a very worthy man, deserving of respect and notice by Nehemiah, and to be taken into his friendship, and admitted to conversation with him, whose counsel and advice might be of service:
and uttered my words to him; reported both what he said and did; for the word used signifies both words and actions:
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and Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear; perceiving, by the intelligence of his friends, that Nehemiah would have nothing to say to him, nor to do with him, he threatened him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 6:19. Also, they reported his good deeds before…
Neh 6:19. Also, they reported his good deeds before me — To such a degree of impudence were they arrived, that they highly commended Tobiah as a very worthy man in the presence of Nehemiah, who knew so much of his wickedness. And uttered my words to him — Informed him of all I spake or did. We learn from the contents of this chapter, that pious people, especially those who labour for the glory of God, are exposed to many troubles and oppositions, not only from their declared enemies, who attack them with open force, or by craft and calumny, but also from those whom they look upon as their brethren. It appears also from the wise, steady, and pious conduct of Nehemiah, that those who labour for the public good ought never to be staggered by the threats and slanders of the wicked, because, with the blessing of God, who watches over them, they will happily overcome all opposition.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 19. They reported his good deeds before me —…
19. They reported his good deeds before me — Seeking to allay suspicions, and to show that Tobiah was not so bad a man as Nehemiah thought. They kept repeating his praises, and mentioning what they esteemed his noble deeds. But at the same time they uttered, or conveyed and reported, Nehemiah’s words to him, and thus acted the despicable part of traitors.
Sent letters to put me in fear — Just as Sanballat had done. Neh_6:5. But all their machinations came to naught, for the work was of God. Neh_6:16.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. reported … uttered] R.V. spoke of … reported.…
19. reported … uttered] R.V. spoke of … reported. The Hebrew gives the idea of continuous action. They endeavoured to convince Nehemiah that Tobiah’s professions of goodwill were sincere. Perhaps too they spoke of the generous way in which he distributed money among the Jews. On the other hand they communicated to Tobiah all that Nehemiah said and did, with the view of supplying him with material for charges against Nehemiah to be made before the Persian king, or for slanders to the Jewish people. The word for ‘His good deeds,’ or ‘virtues,’ (tôbôthâv) is perhaps a play on the name ‘Tobiah.’
Tobiah … in fear] i.e. letters like that of Sanballat quoted above (Neh_6:5-8).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Reported his good deeds.—Besides the correspondence thus carried…
(19) Reported his good deeds.—Besides the correspondence thus carried on. these nobles strove to exalt the character of Tobiah to tne governor, while they made the enemy acquainted with all that went on. This intelligence enabled him to write the disquieting letters which Nehemiah says he was in the habit of receiving.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Also they reported his good deeds, etc. Rather, "they…
Also they reported his good deeds, etc. Rather, "they even reported they went so far as to speak to me of his good actions, perhaps representing the bribes which he dispensed (ver. 12) as given from charitable motives. And they uttered my words, or "communicated my affairs, to him. They made him acquainted with all my proceedings.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Also they reported his good deeds before me.
Neh_6:19
Also they reported his good deeds before me.
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The bad men praised
I. Bad men do get praised.
1. Sometimes this praise is real.
2. Sometimes this praise is mistaken.
3. Sometimes this praise is fictitious altogether.
II. Bad men are anxious for praise.
1. In this there is a sentence of condemnation.
2. In this there is an indirect homage to virtue.
III. Bad men are not hidden by the praise of the world.
1. Good men detect.
2. God detects.
Application:
1. Do not be discouraged by this misdirected praise.
2. Do not be deceived into any lowering of the standard of righteousness. (Homiletic Commentary.)
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