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Nehemiah 5:18 (KJV)

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.

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1 Kings 4:22 - And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
1 Kings 5:3 - Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet.
Nehemiah 5:14 - Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
Psalms 37:21 - The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:26 - [He is] ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed [is] blessed.

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