Ezra 10:4

Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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KJV

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

ASV

Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

YLT

rise, for on thee is the matter, and we are with thee; be strong, and do.'

DBT

Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

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Arise, it is your task to decide, etc. He very fittingly teaches how it should be conducted among the elders in council, so that each person may state what seems best according to their understanding, or what they have seemed to have understood; and yet …

Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735patristic

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John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee - By the decree of Artaxerxes, he was authorized to do everything that the law of God required: see Ezr 7:23-28. And all officers were commanded to be aiding and assisting; hence Shechaniah says, We are with you.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Shechaniah . . . answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed--This was one of the leading men, who was not himself a delinquent in the matter, for his name does not occur in the following list.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Exodus 14:15
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.
1 Chronicles 28:10
Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
Hebrews 12:12–13
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Isaiah 35:3–4
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
1 Chronicles 22:16
in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Ezra 7:23–28
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?
Mark 13:34
It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.
Joshua 7:10–26
But the LORD said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?
1 Chronicles 28:21
The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

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Genesis1

Genesis 42:1When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons,…

Joshua2

1 Chronicles1

1 Chronicles 19:13Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities…

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Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- 1 John 3:18
  Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
- Hebrews 13:1
  Continue in brotherly love.
- Galatians 5:13
  For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
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Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
leads to
- Colossians 3:23
  Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
- Ephesians 5:16
  redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Romans 12:11
  Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

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