Nehemiah 5:18

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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 an abundance of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I did not ask for the bread allowance of the governor, because the forced service was heavy upon this people.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

You know how David my father could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which were around him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows, and does not pay back: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

Psalm 37:26

He is always merciful, and lends; and his descendents are blessed.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

Neither did we eat anyone’s bread for nothing; but worked with labor and toil night and day, that we might not be an expense to any of you: