Nehemiah 5:18

Now the following were prepared for each day: one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls (poultry) were prepared for me; and in intervals of ten days all sorts of wine was provided in abundance. Yet for all this, I did not demand the governor’s food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people.

1 Kings 4:22-23

Solomon’s food [for the royal household] for one day was thirty kors of finely milled flour, sixty kors of wheat flour,

Nehemiah 5:14-15

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 relatives have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

Psalm 37:21


The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.

Psalm 37:26


All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.

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Summary

Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

Now that

Required

Because the bondage

Bible References

Now that

1 Kings 4:22
Solomon’s food [for the royal household] for one day was thirty kors of finely milled flour, sixty kors of wheat flour,

Required

Nehemiah 5:14
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 relatives have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

Because the bondage

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and kind and gives.