Nehemiah 5:15

Lighthouse Bible 2006

But the former governors that had been before me were costly to the people, and had taken from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so I did not, because of the fear of God.

Cross References

Genesis 20:11

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

Genesis 42:18

And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Nehemiah 5:16

Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither did we buy any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.

Nehemiah 5:9

Also I said, It is not good what you do: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Job 31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and because of his greatness I could not endure.

Psalm 112:1

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments.

Psalm 147:11

The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

Proverbs 16:6

By mercy and truth iniquity is cleansed: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.

Jeremiah 32:9

And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle’s son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

Lamentations 5:8

Servants have ruled over us: there is none that delivers us out of their hand.

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet your kindred only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so?

2 Corinthians 11:9

And when I was present with you, and lacked, I was chargeable to no one: for that which was lacking to me the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself.

2 Corinthians 12:13

For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, unless it is that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

1 Samuel 8:15

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.