Nehemiah 5:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.

Nehemiah 5:16 —

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Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Acts 20:33-35
I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. …
Philippians 2:20-21
For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. …
1 Thessalonians 2:5-6
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: …

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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14-19)

Nehemiah had mentioned his own practice, as an inducement to the nobles not to burden the poor, no, not with just demands; here he relates more particularly what his practice was, not inn pride or vain-glory, nor to pass a compliment upon himself, but as an inducement both to his successors and to the inferior magistrates to be as tender as might be of the people’s ease. I. He intimates what had b…