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Nehemiah 2:8

And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.”

And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

Nehemiah 2:8 BSB

Nehemiah 2:8 has 15 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ezra 7:6 (8 votes) and Isaiah 66:14 (8 votes). 22 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 32 to 2 Corinthians 8.

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Which verses does Nehemiah 2:8 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Ezra 7:68 votes

    this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

  2. Isaiah 66:148 votes

    When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

  3. Nehemiah 7:27 votes

    Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

  4. Daniel 1:95 votes

    Now God had granted Daniel favor and compassion from the chief official,

  5. Nehemiah 2:17–184 votes

    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.” I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.

  6. Genesis 32:283 votes

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

  7. Ezra 5:53 votes

    But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

  8. Ezra 6:222 votes

    For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

  9. Ezra 7:92 votes

    He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.

  10. Ezra 7:27–282 votes

    Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

  11. Nehemiah 3:1–322 votes
  12. Proverbs 21:12 votes
  13. Acts 7:102 votes
  14. Acts 26:222 votes
  15. 2 Corinthians 8:162 votes

    But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you.

Which verses point to Nehemiah 2:8?

The 10 strongest of 22.