Nehemiah 1:7 “We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandmen…”

Nehemiah 1:7

We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

World English Bible

We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.

American Standard Version

we have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Geneva Bible 1599

We haue grieuously sinned against thee, and haue not kept the commandements, nor the statutes, nor the iudgements, which thou commandedst thy seruant Moses.

Darby Translation

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Young's Literal Translation

we have acted very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commands, and the statutes, and the judgments, that Thou didst command Moses Thy servant.

Bible in Basic English

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

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Cross references

“dealt”

Psalm 106:6 Nehemiah 9:29–35 Daniel 9:5 Daniel 9:6

Psalm 106:6 · BSB

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Nehemiah 9:29–35 · BSB

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; t…

Daniel 9:5 · BSB

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

Daniel 9:6 · BSB

We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land.

“corruptly”

2 Chronicles 27:2 Hosea 9:9 Zephaniah 3:7 Revelation 19:2

2 Chronicles 27:2 · BSB

And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Zephaniah 3:7 · BSB

I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

Revelation 19:2 · BSB

For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”

“the commandments”

Leviticus 27:34 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 5:1 Deuteronomy 6:1 1 Kings 2:3 Psalm 119:5–8

Leviticus 27:34 · BSB

These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.

Deuteronomy 4:1 · BSB

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 5:1 · BSB

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

Deuteronomy 6:1 · BSB

These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

1 Kings 2:3 · BSB

And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,

Psalm 119:5–8 · BSB

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

“which thou”

Daniel 9:11 Daniel 9:13 Deuteronomy 4:5 2 Chronicles 25:4 Ezra 7:6 Malachi 4:4

Daniel 9:11 · BSB

All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.

Daniel 9:13 · BSB

Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.

Deuteronomy 4:5 · BSB

See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

2 Chronicles 25:4 · BSB

Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be pu…

Ezra 7:6 · BSB

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.

Malachi 4:4 · BSB

“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

Also

Deuteronomy 28:14–15

Deuteronomy 28:14–15 · BSB

Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

8Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

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