Nehemiah 5:18

Our daily requirements were one ox and six choice sheep, along with various kinds of poultry prepared for me. Every ten days there was a delivery of an abundant supply of wine. Despite all this, I refused the governor's allotment, because demands on the people were heavy.

1 Kings 4:22-23

Solomon's daily provisions were 30 kors of fine flour, 60 kors of meal,

Nehemiah 5:14-15

In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, during the twelve years from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes), neither I nor my relatives relied on the provisions allotted to the governor.

Psalm 37:21

The wicked borrow but never pay back; but the righteous are generous and give.

Psalm 37:26

Every day he is generous, lending freely, and his descendants are blessed.

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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 daily provisions were 30 kors of fine flour, 60 kors of meal,

Required

Nehemiah 5:14
In addition, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (that is, during the twelve years from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes), neither I nor my relatives relied on the provisions allotted to the governor.

Because the bondage

Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrow but never pay back; but the righteous are generous and give.

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