Nehemiah 5:15

15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration¹ forty shekels² of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^wbecause of the fear of God.

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Nehemiah 5:9
So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?

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