Nehemiah 4:5
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. When Sanballat and Tobiah mock and threaten, Nehemiah prays and posts armed guards; the builders work with one hand while holding a weapon in the other. The enemy plot to attack, so Nehemiah sets families at the lowest points of …
Other Translations
and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
and do not cover over their iniquity, and their sin from before Thee let not be blotted out, for they have provoked to anger--over-against those building.
Let not their wrongdoing be covered or their sin washed away from before you: for they have made you angry before the builders.
Cross References
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for …
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he …
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; …
Yet, Lord, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their …
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be …
Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness.
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob …
Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful …