And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. Isa 5:7Deu 15:7-111Co 6:6-8Act 7:26Exo 22:25-27Exo 3:7Jas 5:4Job 31:38-39 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Mal 2:2Psa 128:2-4Gen 41:57Gen 42:2Gen 43:8Psa 127:3-5 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Lev 25:35-39Mal 3:8-11Deu 15:7Gen 47:15-25 There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Ezr 4:13Ezr 4:201Ki 9:21Deu 28:47-48Ezr 7:24Jos 16:10Neh 9:37 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 2Ki 4:1Lev 25:39-43Gen 37:27Isa 58:7Exo 21:1-11Gen 29:14Jas 2:5-6Mat 18:25
¶ And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. Exo 11:8Neh 13:25Eph 4:26Num 16:15Mrk 3:5Neh 13:8 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 1 Deu 23:19-20Lev 25:36Exo 22:252Ch 19:6-7Deu 15:2-3Deu 24:10-13Ezk 22:12Lev 19:15 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. Lev 25:47-491Co 8:112Co 8:12Deu 24:7Exo 21:16Job 29:10Job 32:15Mat 22:12 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? Lev 25:361Pe 2:122Sa 12:14Pro 18:5Rom 2:24Tit 2:51Sa 2:241Ti 5:14 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 2Co 6:1Exo 22:25-271Co 9:12-182Co 5:112Co 5:20Ezk 18:13Ezk 18:8Luk 3:13-14 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. Isa 58:6Lev 6:4-51Sa 12:32Sa 12:6Luk 3:8Neh 5:3-4 Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. Ezr 10:5Jer 34:8-102Ch 15:13-142Ch 28:14-152Ch 6:22-232Ki 23:2-3Ezr 10:12Luk 19:8 Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. 2 Act 18:61Ch 16:36Mat 10:14Zec 5:3-41Ki 11:29-311Sa 15:282Ki 23:3Act 13:51
¶ 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. Neh 13:61Co 9:181Co 9:4-152Th 3:8-9Ezr 4:13-14Neh 2:1Rom 13:6-7 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. Neh 5:9Isa 50:10Pro 16:62Co 11:9Ecc 12:13-14Job 31:23Mat 5:471Sa 8:15 Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. Gal 6:91Co 15:581Th 2:5-6Act 20:33-35Php 2:20-212Co 12:16-18Luk 8:15Num 16:15 Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. 1Ki 18:191Pe 4:9-102Sa 9:72Sa 9:13Isa 32:8Rom 12:13 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. 1Ki 4:22-23Psa 37:21Psa 37:26Neh 5:14-15 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. Neh 13:31Neh 13:14Neh 13:22Psa 106:4Jer 29:11Psa 25:6-7Mat 10:42Mrk 9:41