Verse 15

For the olde captaynes that were before me, had ben chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread & wine, beside fouretie sicles of siluer, yea and their seruauntes had oppressed the people: But so did not I, and that because of the feare of God.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 5:9 : 9 And Nehemia saide, It is not good that ye do: Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God, because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies?
  • Job 31:23 : 23 For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and knewe very well that I was not able to beare his burthen.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And yf ye salute or greete your brethre only, what singuler thyng do ye? Do not also the publicans lykewyse?
  • Luke 18:2-4 : 2 Saying: There was in a certayne citie, a iudge, whiche feared not God, neither regarded man. 3 And there was a certayne widdowe in the same citie, and she came vnto him, saying: Auenge me of mine aduersarie. 4 And he woulde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he sayde within hym selfe: Though I feare not God, nor care for man,
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.
  • 2 Cor 12:13 : 13 For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.
  • 1 Sam 2:15-17 : 15 Yea, and thereto before they burnt the fat, the priestes lad came and sayde to the man that offered, Geue fleshe, that I may roste it for the priest: for he wyll not haue sodde fleshe of thee, but rawe. 16 And yf any man sayde vnto hym, Let them burne the fat according to the custome, and then take as much as thyne hearte desireth: Then he would aunswere hym, Yea, thou shalt geue it me nowe: and if thou wilt not, I wyll take it with violence. 17 And the sinne of the young men was very great before the Lord: For men abhorred the offering of the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 8:15 : 15 And he shall take the tenth of your seede, and of your vineyardes, and geue it to his eunuches, & to his seruauntes.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Prayse ye the Lorde. Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 God delyghteth in them that feare him: and in them that put their trust in his mercie.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
  • Eccl 12:13-14 : 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men. 14 For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euyll.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you, let hym heare the voyce of his seruaunt: Who so walketh in darknesse and no lyght shyneth vpon hym, let hym put his trust in the name of the Lorde, and holde hym by his God.