Nehemiah 5:18

Each day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every 10 days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

1 Kings 4:22-23

Solomon’s provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal,

Nehemiah 5:14-15

Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, 12 years—I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

Psalm 37:26

He is always generous, always lending,
and his children 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

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Because the bondage

Bible References

Now that

1 Kings 4:22
Solomon’s provisions for one day were 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of meal,

Required

Nehemiah 5:14
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah—from the twentieth year until his thirty-second year, 12 years—I and my associates never ate from the food allotted to the governor.

Because the bondage

Psalm 37:21
The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

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