Nehemiah key verses

Nehemiah 1:4 “As soon as I heard these words I sat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.”

Nehemiah’s grief turned to prayer

Nehemiah 2:8 “And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.”

God’s providential favor

Nehemiah 4:9 “And we prayed to our God and set a guard as a protection against them day and night.”

Prayer joined to action

Nehemiah 6:16 “They perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.”

The wall finished by God’s help

Nehemiah 8:10 “Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Strength in the joy of the LORD

Nehemiah 9:17 “But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.”

God’s mercy in the great confession

Nehemiah 13:14 “Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God.”

Nehemiah’s prayer for remembrance