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Nehemiah 5:15 (KJV)

But 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.

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Genesis 42:18 - And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God:
1 Samuel 2:15 - Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
1 Samuel 8:15 - And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Nehemiah 5:9 - Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Job 31:23 - For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Psalms 112:1 - Praise ye the LORD. Blessed [is] the man [that] feareth the LORD, [that] delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Psalms 147:11 - The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Proverbs 16:6 - By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
Proverbs 29:12 - If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
Ecclesiastes 12:13 - Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this [is] the whole [duty] of man.
Isaiah 50:10 - Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
Lamentations 5:8 - Servants have ruled over us: [there is] none that doth deliver [us] out of their hand.
Matthew 5:47 - ‹And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more› [than others]? ‹do not even the publicans so?›
Luke 18:2 - Saying, ‹There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:›
2 Corinthians 11:9 - And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
2 Corinthians 12:13 - For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

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