But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.(Nehemiah 4:1)

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?(Nehemiah 4:2)

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.(Nehemiah 4:3)

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.(Nehemiah 4:5)

So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.(Nehemiah 4:6)

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,(Nehemiah 4:7)

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Nehemiah 4:4 - Cross Reference

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. (Psalm 123:3)

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. (Proverbs 3:34)

Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him. (Hosea 12:14)

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

And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? (1 Samuel 17:26)