Nehemiah 5:1-5

Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor

1Now there arose aa great outcry of the people and of their wives bagainst their Jewish brothers. 2For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” 3There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” 4And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for cthe king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards. 5Now dour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet ewe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Luke 12:22

Do Not Be Anxious

22And he said to his disciples, fTherefore I tell you, gdo not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on.

1 Thessalonians 4:11-12

11and to aspire hto live quietly, and ito mind your own affairs, and jto work with your hands, as we instructed you, 12so that you may kwalk properly before loutsiders and be dependent on no one.

1 Timothy 5:8

8But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for mmembers of his household, he has ndenied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

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