Nehemiah 5:15

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Summary

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

Even their

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So did

Matthew 5:47

2 Corinthians 11:9

2 Corinthians 12:13

Because

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Even their

Also, before any could make perfume with the fat, the priests young man would come in and say to the person who was sacrificing, Come! give flesh for the priest's roastings, - for he will not take of thee boiled flesh - only raw.

And, your seed, and your vineyards, will he tithe, and give to his courtiers and to his servants;

When a ruler giveth heed to the word of falsehood, all his attendants, become lawless.

So did

And, if ye salute your brethren only, what, more than common, are ye doing? are not, even the nations, the same thing, doing?

And, being present with you, and having come short, I was not burdensome to anyone, - for, my deficiency, the brethren, coming from Macedonia, helped to make up; - and, in everything, without burden unto you, I kept, myself - and will keep!

For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, - save that, I myself, would not allow myself to be a burden unto you? Forgive me this wrong!

Because

Then said I, Not good, is the thing which ye are doing, - ought ye not, in the fear of God, to walk, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

For, a dread unto me, was calamity from GOD, and, from his majesty, I could not escape.

Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;

Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.

By lovingkindness and fidelity, shall iniquity be covered, and, in the revering of Yahweh, is a turning away from wrong.

The conclusion of the matter - the whole, let us hear, - Towards God, be reverent, and, his commandments, observe, for, this, concerneth all mankind.

Who among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant, - That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon his God.

saying - A certain judge, there was in a certain city, - having, for God, no reverence, and, for man, no respect.