Nehemiah 4:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 4:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 4:6 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 4:6 — KJV
“So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.”
— Nehemiah 4:6 (KJV)
Nehemiah 4:6 in Context — About the Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah is the Bible's project-management masterclass soaked in prayer. A royal cupbearer hears Jerusalem's walls are rubble, weeps, fasts, prays — then rebuilds them in fifty-two days despite ridicule and threats. Every chapter shows prayer and practical action working as one.
Cross-References for Nehemiah 4:6
“Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. set up: or, finished joined: Chaldee, sewed together”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:6: wall, joined, together
“It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:6: joined, together, thereof
“And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:6: half, thereof, work
“And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. fenced: or, made a wall about made: Heb. hewed”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:6: built, wall, thereof
“For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 4:6: wall, thereof, people
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