Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Nehemiah 5:13

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I shook my lap: So "when the Roman ambassadors entered the senate of Carthage, they had their toga gathered up in their bosom, and said, We carry here peace and war; you may have which you will. The senate answered, You may give which you please. They then shook their toga, and said, We bring you war." - Livy. Mat 10:14; Act 13:51, Act 18:6 So God: Sa1 15:28; Kg1 11:29-31; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4 emptied: Heb. empty, or void Amen: Num 5:22; Deu 27:14-26 praised: Ch1 16:36 the people: Kg2 23:3; Psa 50:14, Psa 76:11, Psa 119:106; Ecc 5:5 Nehemiah 5:14

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