Nehemiah 5:15

WEB

¹⁵But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, plus forty shekels^[+] of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people, but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.

KJV

¹⁵But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

BSB

¹⁵The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver.^[+] Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.

FBV

¹⁵But the governors before me had placed a heavy burden on the people, taking forty shekels of silver from them as well as food and wine. Their assistants also extorted the people. But because of my respect for God I didn't act like that.

Extra References

Nehemiah 5:9

⁹Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?

Proverbs 16:6

⁶By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Isaiah 50:10

¹⁰Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in the LORD’s name, and rely on his God.

2 Corinthians 11:9

⁹When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

Job 31:23

²³For calamity from God is a terror to me. Because of his majesty, I can do nothing.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14

¹³This is the end of the matter. All has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. ¹⁴For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Matthew 5:47

⁴⁷If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don’t even the tax collectors^[+] do the same?

Proverbs 29:12

¹²If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

2 Corinthians 12:13

¹³For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

Psalms 112:1

¹Praise the LORD!Blessed ^[+] is the man who fears the LORD,^[+] who delights greatly in his commandments.