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.
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;
But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, “Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”
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.
And at my table were one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.