THEOSISBeda Venerabilis
In our spiritual development, when we consistently don the complete armor as described by the apostle (cf. Eph. 6:13), the plots of the devil and his angels, intent on attacking us, will be rendered ineffective.
Nehemiah 4:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that the thing had been told us, that God defeated their counsel. And we returned all of us to the walls, every man to his work.
וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֣ים בַּמְּלָאכָ֑ה וְחֶצְיָ֗ם מַחֲזִיקִים֙ בָּֽרְמָחִ֔ים מֵעֲל֣וֹת הַשַּׁ֔חַר עַ֖ד צֵ֥את הַכּוֹכָבִֽים׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Sam 17:14And Absalom, and all the men of Israel said: The counsel of Chusai the Arachite is better than the counsel of Achitophel: and by the will of the Lord the profitable counsel of Achitophel was defeated, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
- Rom 12:11In carefulness not slothful. In spirit fervent. Serving the Lord.
- Job 5:12Who bringeth to nought the designs of the malignant, so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had begun:
- Job 5:13Who catcheth the wise in their craftiness, and disappointeth the counsel of the wicked:
- Isa 44:25That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish.
- Ps 33 (32):10
- Ps 33 (32):11
- 1 Thess 4:11And that you use your endeavour to be quiet: and that you do your own business and work with your own hands, as we commanded you: and that you walk honestly towards them that are without: and that you want nothing of any man's.