Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.(Nehemiah 2:14)

Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.(Nehemiah 2:15)

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.(Nehemiah 2:16)

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.

Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.(Nehemiah 2:18)

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?(Nehemiah 2:19)

Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.(Nehemiah 2:20)

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Nehemiah 2:17 - Cross Reference

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. (Ezra 10:2)

Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. (Lamentations 3:45)

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. (Jeremiah 24:9)

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. (Psalm 44:13)

The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. (Lamentations 2:8)

Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. (Ezekiel 22:4)

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. (Ezra 5:1)

Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. (Lamentations 3:51)

And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. (1 Samuel 11:2)

Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. (Ezekiel 5:14)

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. (Isaiah 35:3)

And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. (Nehemiah 1:3)

And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. (Psalm 79:12)

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; (Psalm 89:50)

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. (Psalm 79:4)

The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. (Lamentations 2:2)