Verse 15

For the olde Debytes that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had take of the bred and wyne, and fortye Sycles of syluer: Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people. But so dyd not I, and that because of the feare of God.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 5:9 : 9 And I sayde: It is not good that ye do. Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies?
  • Job 31:23 : 23 For I haue euer feared ye vengeaunce & punyshmet of God, & knew very well, yt I was not able to beare his burthe.
  • Matt 5:47 : 47 And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye: what singuler thynge do ye? Do not the Publicans also lyke wyse?
  • Luke 18:2-4 : 2 & sayde: There was a iudge in a cite, which feared not God, and stode in awe of no man. 3 And in the same cite there was a wedowe, which came vnto him, and sayde: delyuer me fro myne aduersary. 4 And he wolde not a greate whyle. But afterwarde he thought within hi self: Though I feare not God, & stonde in awe of no man,
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 And whan I was present with you, and had nede, I was greuous to no man: for yt which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so, yt I shulde not be greuous to you, & so wyl I kepe my selfe.
  • 2 Cor 12:13 : 13 For what is it, wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions? excepte it be yt I haue not bene greuous vnto you.Forgeue me this wroge.
  • 1 Sam 2:15-17 : 15 Like wyse, or euer they burned the fatt, the prestes lad came, and sayde vnto him that broughte the offerynge: Geue me the flesh, that I maye roste it for the prest, for he wyl receaue no sodden flesh of ye, but rawe. 16 Yf eny man sayde then vnto him: Let the fat burne as it oughte to do this daye, and afterwarde take what thine hert desyreth, then sayde he vnto him: Thou shalt geue it me euen now: yf no, I wyll take it from the by violece. 17 Therfore was the synne of ye childre very greate before the LORDE, for ye people spake euell of ye meatofferynge of ye LORDE.
  • 1 Sam 8:15 : 15 Of youre sedes also and viniardes shal he take the Tithes, & geue vnto his chaberlaynes and seruauntes.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Blessed is the man yt feareth the LORDE, & hath greate delite in his commaundementes.
  • Ps 147:11 : 11 But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him, and put their trust in his mercy.
  • Prov 16:6 : 6 With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
  • Eccl 12:13-14 : 13 Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men: 14 For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euell.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoge you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaut. Who so walketh in darcknesse, & no light shyneth vpo him, let him hope in the LORDE, and holde him by his God.