Nehemiah 5:15

Nehemiah Denies His Allotment

¹⁴ Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my kinsmen have eaten the governor’s food allowance. ¹⁵ But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God. ¹⁶ I also applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work.

Bread and Wine

Fear of God

Feared God

Shekels of Silver

Took Bread

Rule Over

Nehemiah 5:9

Again I said, “The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

Job 31:23

“For calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

Matthew 5:47

If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

1 Samuel 2:15-17

Also, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw.”

1 Samuel 8:15

He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants.

Psalm 112:1

Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the man who fears the Lord,
Who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord favors those who fear Him,
Those who wait for His lovingkindness.

Proverbs 16:6

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.

Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you that fears the Lord,
That obeys the voice of His servant,
That walks in darkness and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Luke 18:2-4

saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.

2 Corinthians 11:9

and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so.

2 Corinthians 12:13

For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!