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Neh 5:13 — Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I shook my lap		"So ""when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war.""--Livy. Mat 10:14; Act 13:51; Act 18:6"
So God		1Sa 15:28; 1Ki 11:29-31; Zec 5:3,4
emptied		Heb. empty, or void
Amen		Num 5:22; Deu 27:14-26
praised		1Ch 16:36
the people		2Ki 23:3; Psa 50:14; Psa 76:11; Psa 119:106; Ecc 5:5

Correlating Passages

I shook my lap

	Mat 10:14	And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
	Act 13:51	But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
	Act 18:6	And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

So God

	1Sa 15:28	And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, [that is] better than thou.
	1Ki 11:29	And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two [were] alone in the field:
	1Ki 11:30	And Ahijah caught the new garment that [was] on him, and rent it [in] twelve pieces:
	1Ki 11:31	And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
	Zec 5:3	Then said he unto me, This [is] the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off [as] on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off [as] on that side according to it.
	Zec 5:4	I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

Amen

	Num 5:22	And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
	Deu 27:14	And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
	Deu 27:15	Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
	Deu 27:16	Cursed [be] he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Deu 27:17	Cursed [be] he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
	Deu 27:18	Cursed [be] he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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praised

1Ch 16:36

Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

the people

	2Ki 23:3	And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.
	Psa 50:14	Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
	Psa 76:11	Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
	Psa 119:106	I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
	Ecc 5:5	Better [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

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Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 5:13," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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