Nehemiah 5:15
The 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.
Cross References
Genesis 20:11
Abraham replied, "I thought to myself, 'Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.'

Genesis 42:18
and on the third day he said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God.

Nehemiah 5:9
So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Nehemiah 5:16
Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land.

Job 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Jeremiah 32:9
So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

Lamentations 5:8
Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

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1 Samuel 2:15-17
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept from you boiled meat, but only raw." . . .

1 Samuel 8:15
He will take a tenth of your grain and vintage and give it to his officials and servants.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

so did

Matthew 5:47
And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?

2 Corinthians 11:9
And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to you in any way, and I will continue to do so.

2 Corinthians 12:13
In what way were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

because

Nehemiah 5:9
So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Job 31:23
For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.

Psalm 112:1
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.

Psalm 147:11
The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Proverbs 16:6
By loving devotion and truth, wickedness is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD a man turns aside from evil.

Ecclesiastes 12:13, 14
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. . . .

Isaiah 50:10
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

Luke 18:2-4
"In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. . . .

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