Nehemiah 5:18

American King James Version (1999)

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

You know how that David my father could not build an house to the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

Psalm 37:26

He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: