Nehemiah 5:18

New American Bible - revised edition

and though the daily preparations were made at my expense—one ox, six choice sheep, poultry—besides all kinds of wine in abundance every ten days, despite this I did not claim the governor’s allowance, for the labor lay heavy upon this people.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

ten fatted oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, and a hundred sheep, not counting harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked one borrows but does not repay; the righteous one is generous and gives.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he is gracious and lends, and his offspring become a blessing.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat food received free from anyone. On the contrary, in toil and drudgery, night and day we worked, so as not to burden any of you.