Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

General references

Bible References

If this city

Nehemiah 5:4
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
Psalm 52:2
Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.
Psalm 119:69
The arrogant have smeared me with lies,
but I obey Your precepts with all my heart.

Toll

Ezra 7:24
Be advised that tribute, duty, and land tax must not be imposed on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
Matthew 9:9
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me!” So he got up and followed Him.
Matthew 17:25
“Yes,” he said.

When he went into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, “What do you think, Simon? Who do earthly kings collect tariffs or taxes from? From their sons or from strangers?”
Romans 13:6
And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks.

General references

Luke 20:22
Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

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