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Nehemiah 2:12

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I arose: Genesis 32:22-24; Joshua 10:9; Judges 6:27, Judges 9:32; Matthew 2:14

neither: Ecclesiastes 3:7; Amos 5:13; Micah 7:5; Matthew 10:16

my God: This pious and noble-minded man attributes every thing to God. If he purposed any good, it was because God put it into his heart; if he did or received any good, it was because the good hand of his God was upon him; if he expected any good, it was because he earnestly prayed God to remember him for good. Ezra 7:27; Psalms 51:18, Psalms 122:6; Jeremiah 31:33, Jeremiah 32:40; 2 Corinthians 8:16; James 1:16-17; Revelation 17:17

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