Nehemiah 5:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Indeed, I devoted myself to the work on this wall and acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:15

The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took food and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.

Nehemiah 5:17

Moreover, there were at my table one hundred fifty people, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations around us.

Numbers 16:15

Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, “Pay no attention to their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed any one of them.”

Luke 8:15

But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with endurance.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Galatians 6:9

So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.