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

Psalm 37:26

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

Psalm 37:21

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

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.

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.