Nehemiah 5:18

The English Standar Version

Now what was prepared at my expense[4] for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on 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 but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Psalm 37:26

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

2 Thessalonians 3:8

nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.