Nehemiah 4:2
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?
Cross-reference
Nehemiah 4:10 reveals the Jews' own discouragement about the rubbish — an internal echo of the external mockery here.
Nehemiah 12:27 describes the joyful dedication of the wall — the triumphant outcome of the project ridiculed here.
Nehemiah 12:43 records the great joy at the wall’s dedication — the fulfillment of what Sanballat mocked as impossible.
Nehemiah 6:15 records the wall's completion despite Sanballat's mockery, showing the futility of his scorn.
Ezra 4:9 lists the Samaritans who opposed rebuilding, the same group Sanballat represents in his taunt.
Ezra 4:10 continues listing Samaritan settlers, reinforcing the identity of those mocking Nehemiah.
Zechariah 12:8 promises that the feeble in Jerusalem will become like David — directly reversing Sanballat's mockery of 'feeble Jews' here.
Psalm 14:6 condemns those who shame the poor; Sanballat's mockery of the Jews fits this pattern of oppression.
Psalm 102:14 has God's servants cherishing Zion's stones, opposite to Sanballat's contempt for the rubble.
Psalm 123:3 cries for mercy after enduring contempt, exactly the situation Nehemiah's people face from their enemies.
Proverbs 11:12 calls belittling neighbors foolish—Sanballat's mockery is a direct example of this folly.
Isaiah 36:8 records a similar taunt against Judah's weakness, echoing Sanballat's mockery of the Jews' rebuilding.
Jeremiah 9:11 prophesies Jerusalem's desolation, which Nehemiah 4:2 shows people rebuilding from those very ruins.
Jeremiah 26:18 quotes Micah's prophecy of Jerusalem becoming ruins—precisely what Nehemiah's people are restoring.
1 Corinthians 1:27 shows God choosing the weak to shame the strong — a New Testament echo of God’s pattern seen in the mocked Jews rebuilding.
John 4:9 highlights Jewish-Samaritan hostility, the same ethnic tension underlying Sanballat's mockery.
Zechariah 4:10 warns against despising small beginnings, contrasting Sanballat's contempt for the Jews' feeble efforts.
Psalm 137:3 shows captors mocking exiles, similar to Sanballat's taunt about rebuilding the ruined city.
1 Samuel 14:11 has Philistines taunting Hebrews as coming from holes, similar to Sanballat's mockery of feeble Jews.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 urges doing work with all might, which the Jews in Nehemiah 4:2 are attempting despite ridicule.