Today’s
Reading : Nehemiah 1 – 3 and Philippians
2 (KJV)
Nehemiah 1
Neh 1:1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,
Neh 1:2 That Hanani, one of
my brethren, came, he and certain men of
Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left
of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
Neh 1:3 And they said unto me, The remnant that are
left of the captivity there in the province are
in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned
with fire.
Neh 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these
words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain
days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Neh 1:5 And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of
heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth
covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
Neh 1:6 Let thine ear now
be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before
thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess
the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I
and my father's house have sinned.
Neh 1:7 We have dealt very corruptly against thee,
and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which
thou commandedst thy servant Moses.
Neh 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among
the nations:
Neh 1:9 But if
ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of
you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet
will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have
chosen to set my name there.
Neh 1:10 Now these are
thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by
thy strong hand.
Neh 1:11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to
the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray
thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I
was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah 2
Neh 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in
the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was
before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it
unto the king. Now I had not been formerly
sad in his presence.
Neh 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is
nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I
was very sore afraid,
Neh 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live
forever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'
sepulchres, lieth
waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Neh 2:4 Then the king said unto me, For what dost
thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Neh 2:5 And I said unto the king, If it please the
king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres,
that I may build it.
Neh 2:6 And the king said unto me, (the queen also
sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return?
So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
Neh 2:7 Moreover I said unto the king, If it please
the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they
may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Neh 2:8 And a letter unto Asaph
the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for
the gates of the palace which appertained
to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall
enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon
me.
Neh 2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the
river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the
army and horsemen with me.
Neh 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant,
the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was
come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Neh 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three
days.
Neh 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men
with me; neither told I any man what my
God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was
there any
beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
Neh 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the
valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls
of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with
fire.
Neh 2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain,
and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was
under me to pass.
Neh 2:15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and
viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
Neh 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or
what I did; neither had I as yet told it
to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to
the rest that did the work.
Neh 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress
that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the
gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of
Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Neh 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which
was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they
said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Neh 2:19 But when Sanballat
the Horonite, and Tobiah
the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian,
heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and
despised us, and said, What is this
thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Neh 2:20 Then answered I them, and said unto them, The
God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and
build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3
Neh 3:1 Then Eliashib the
high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep
gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Neh 3:2 And next unto him built the men of Jericho.
And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri.
Neh 3:3 But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also
laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and
the bars thereof.
Neh 3:4 And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the
son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah,
the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana.
Neh 3:5 And next unto them the Tekoites
repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their Lord.
Neh 3:6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah;
they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof.
Neh 3:7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of
Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the
governor on this side the river.
Neh 3:8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel
the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him
also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the
apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Neh 3:9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the
ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Neh 3:10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even
over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush
the son of Hashabniah.
Neh 3:11 Malchijah the son
of Harim, and Hashub the
son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the
tower of the furnaces.
Neh 3:12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the
ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Neh 3:13 The valley gate repaired Hanun,
and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set
up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand
cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Neh 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the
ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set
up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Neh 3:15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the
ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it,
and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the
wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and
unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
Neh 3:16 After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and
to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Neh 3:17 After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of
Keilah, in his part.
Neh 3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the
ruler of the half part of Keilah.
Neh 3:19 And next to him repaired Ezer
the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,
another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
Neh 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning
of the
wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Neh 3:21 After him repaired Meremoth
the son of Urijah the son of Koz
another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib
even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Neh 3:22 And after him repaired the priests, the men
of the plain.
Neh 3:23 After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the
son of Ananiah by his house.
Neh 3:24 After him repaired Binnui
the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of
the wall,
even unto the corner.
Neh 3:25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of
the wall,
and the tower which lieth out from the king's high
house, that was by the court of the
prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.
Neh 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims
dwelt in Ophel, unto the
place over against the water gate toward
the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Neh 3:27 After them the Tekoites
repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth
out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
Neh 3:28 From above the horse gate repaired the
priests, every one over against his house.
Neh 3:29 After them repaired Zadok
the son of Immer over against his house. After him
repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah,
the keeper of the east gate.
Neh 3:30 After him repaired Hananiah
the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun
the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him
repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah
over against his chamber.
Neh 3:31 After him repaired Malchiah
the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims,
and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad,
and to the going up of the corner.
Neh 3:32 And between the going up of the corner unto
the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
Philippians 2
Php 2:1 If there be
therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship
of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
Php 2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded,
having the same love, being of one
accord, of one mind.
Php 2:3 Let
nothing be done
through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other
better than themselves.
Php 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.
Php 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus:
Php 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God:
Php 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Php 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Php 2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him,
and given him a name which is above every name:
Php 2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth;
Php 2:11 And that
every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Php 2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always
obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out
your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Php 2:13 For it is God which worketh
in you both to will and to do of his
good pleasure.
Php 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
Php 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the
sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Php 2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may
rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in
vain.
Php 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice
and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Php 2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and
rejoice with me.
Php 2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy
shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state.
Php 2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will
naturally care for your state.
Php 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which
are Jesus Christ's.
Php 2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son
with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Php 2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so
soon as I shall see how it will go with me.
Php 2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself
shall come shortly.
Php 2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and
fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
Php 2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of
heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
Php 2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but
God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have
sorrow upon sorrow.
Php 2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully,
that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less
sorrowful.
Php 2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all
gladness; and hold such in reputation:
Php 2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh
unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.