Neh 6:9, 13, Isa 37:10-14, Act 4:18-21 | ESV | STEP | For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking , Their hands will drop from the work , and it will not be done . But now , O God, strengthen my hands .

f[See ver. 12 above]

j ch. 5:13, 26; [Matt. 21:26, 46; Mark 11:32; Luke 20:6, 19; 22:2]

Nehemiah 6:9

9 For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks O God} strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 6:13

13 For this purpose he was hired, that I should be afraid and act in this way and sin, and so they could give me a bad name in order to taunt me.

Isaiah 37:10-14

10 “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: ^b‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered? 12 ^cHave the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, ^dGozan, ^eHaran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 ^fWhere is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah?’”

Hezekiah’s Prayer for Deliverance

14 Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.

Acts 4:18-21

18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them, ^g“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for ^hwe cannot but speak of what ⁱwe have seen and heard.” 21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, ^jbecause of the people, for all were praising God ^kfor what had happened.