Nehemiah 6:10
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: "Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you--by night they are coming to kill you!"
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Shemaiah

Nehemiah 6:12
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

Ezra 8:16
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.

Ezra 10:31
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Proverbs 11:9
With his mouth the ungodly man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are rescued.

Matthew 7:15
Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

shut up

2 Kings 9:8
The whole house of Ahab will perish, and I will cut off from Ahab all the males in Israel, both slave and free.

Jeremiah 36:5
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, "I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the LORD;

Ezekiel 3:24
Then the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet. He spoke with me and said: "Go, shut yourself inside your house.

Let us meet

Psalm 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.

Psalm 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Psalm 120:2, 3
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. . . .

the house

1 Kings 6:5
Against the walls of the temple and the inner sanctuary, Solomon built a chambered structure all around the temple, in which he constructed the side rooms.

2 Kings 11:3
And Joash remained hidden with his nurse in the house of the LORD for six years while Athaliah ruled the land.

let us shut

2 Chronicles 28:24
Then Ahaz gathered up the articles of the house of God, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the house of the LORD, and set up altars of his own on every street corner in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 29:3, 7
In the first month of the first year of his reign, Hezekiah opened and repaired the doors of the house of the LORD. . . .

Malachi 1:10
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you, " says the LORD of Hosts, "and I will accept no offering from your hands."

Acts 21:30
The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

in the night

Job 24:13-17
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. . . .

John 3:20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

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New American Standard Bible
When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night."

King James Bible
Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said: Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you tonight!

International Standard Version
Later I visited Delaiah's son Shemaiah, a grandson of Mehetabel, who was confined at home. He kept urging me, "Let's meet together at the house of God, within the Temple, and take refuge there, because they're coming to kill you. In fact, they're coming at night to kill you!"

NET Bible
Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, "Let's set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let's close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you."
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