16 And it came to pass from that day that half of them that had been driven forth, wrought the work, and half of them kept guard; and there were spears, and shields, and bows, and breast-plates, and rulers behind the whole house of Juda,
Nehemiah 4:16 Cross References - Brenton
Nehemiah 4:23
23 And I was there, and the watchmen behind me, and there was not a man of us that put off his garments.
Nehemiah 5:15-16
15 But as for the former acts of extortion wherein those who were before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty didrachms for bread and wine; and the very outcasts of them exercised authority over the people: but I did not so, because of the fear of God.
16 Also in the work of the wall I treated them not with rigor, I bought not land: and all that were gathered together came thither to the work.
Psalms 101:6
6 (100:6) Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me.