Nehemiah 5:15

New King James Version

But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, 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 kill me on account of my wife.

Genesis 42:18

Then Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:

Nehemiah 5:16

Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

Nehemiah 5:9

Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

Job 31:23

For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear Him, In those who hope in His mercy.

Proverbs 16:6

In mercy and truth Atonement is provided for iniquity; And by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to lies, All his servants become wicked.

Isaiah 50:10

“Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord And rely upon his God.

Jeremiah 32:9

So I bought the field from Hanamel, the son of my uncle who was in Anathoth, and weighed out to him the money—seventeen shekels of silver.

Lamentations 5:8

Servants rule over us; There is none to deliver us from their hand.

Matthew 5:47

And if you greet your brethren 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 in need, I was a burden to no one, for what I lacked the brethren who came from Macedonia supplied. And in everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so I will keep myself.

2 Corinthians 12:13

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

1 Samuel 8:15

He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.