Nehemiah 5:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; fowls likewise were prepared for me, and every ten days skins of wine in abundance; yet with all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the servitude was heavy upon this people.

Cross References

1 Kings 5:3

“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalm 37:26

He is ever giving liberally and lending, and his children become a blessing.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

we did not eat any one's bread without paying, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you.