Nehemiah 5:15

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The governors  who preceded me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them food and wine as well as half a kilogram  of silver. Their subordinates also oppressed the people, but because of the fear of God, I didn’t do this.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:9

Then I said, ‘What you are doing isn’t right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God  and not invite the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the  Lord and listens to his servant? Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the  Lord; let him lean on his God.

Proverbs 16:6

Iniquity is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness, and one turns from evil by the fear of the  Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:9

When I was present with you and in need, I did not burden anyone, since the brothers who came from Macedonia  supplied my needs.  I have kept myself, and will keep myself, from burdening you in any way.

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what are you doing out of the ordinary?   , Don’t even the Gentiles   do the same?

Job 31:23

For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things.

2 Corinthians 12:13

So in what way are you worse off than the other churches, except that I personally did not burden you? Forgive me for this wrong!

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

1 Samuel 8:15

He can take a tenth of your grain and your vineyards and give them to his officials and servants.

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, ‘I thought, “There is absolutely no fear of God in this place.  They will kill me because of my wife.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day Joseph said to them, ‘I fear God   #– #do this and you will live.

Nehemiah 5:16

Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of this wall,  and all my subordinates were gathered there for the work. We didn’t buy any land.

Jeremiah 32:9

So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out the silver to him   #– #seventeen shekels  of silver.

Lamentations 5:8

Slaves rule over us; no one rescues us from them.