Nehemiah 5:18

Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people.

1 Kings 4:22-23

Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

Nehemiah 5:14-15

From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes -- twelve years in all -- neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

Psalm 37:21

Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children 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

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Because the bondage

Bible References

Now that

1 Kings 4:22
Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal,

Required

Nehemiah 5:14
From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes -- twelve years in all -- neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor.

Because the bondage

Psalm 37:21
Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

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