Nehemiah 5:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Nehemiah 5:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Nehemiah 5:3 is a verse from the book of Nehemiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of t..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Nehemiah 5:3 — KJV
“Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.”
— Nehemiah 5:3 (KJV)
Nehemiah 5:3 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 5:3
“Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:3: also, lands, vineyards
“And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:3: lands, buy, corn
“Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. swarms...: or, a mixture of noisome beasts, etc”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:3: some, also, houses
“And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:3: also, vineyards, corn
“Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. with: Heb. before honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance deliverance: or, victory”
Shares key themes with Nehemiah 5:3: also, might, because
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