Neh 5:14-19, Isa 23:18, 49:23, 60:5-16, Act 13:36, Rom 15:18-19 | ESV | STEP | Moreover , from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah , from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king , twelve years , neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor .

14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from ^athe twentieth year to ^bthe thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, ^cneither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor. 15 The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration ^{▼▼Compare Vulgate; Hebrew took from them with food and wine afterward} forty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, ^fbecause of the fear of God. 16 I also persevered in the work on this wall, and we acquired no land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. 17 Moreover, there were ^gat my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. 18 ^hNow what was prepared at my expense ^{▼▼Or prepared for me} for each day was one ox and six choice sheep and birds, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Yet for all this ^jI did not demand the food allowance of the governor, because the service was too heavy on this people. 19 ^kRemember for my good, O my God, all that I have done for this people.

Isaiah 23:18

18 Her merchandise and her wages will be holy to the Lord. It will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who dwell before the Lord.

Isaiah 49:23

23 ^lKings shall be your foster fathers,
and their queens your nursing mothers.
^mWith their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you,
and ⁿlick the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord;
^othose who wait for me ^pshall not be put to shame.”

Isaiah 60:5-16

5 Then you shall see and ^qbe radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult, ^{▼▼Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide}
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
^sthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of ^tMidian and ^uEphah;
all those from ^vSheba shall come.
^wThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of ^xKedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of ^yNebaioth shall minister to you;
^zthey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
^aaand I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and ^ablike doves to their windows?
9 For ^acthe coastlands shall hope for me,
^adthe ships of Tarshish first,
^aeto bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because ^afhe has made you beautiful.
10 ^agForeigners shall build up your walls,
and ^ahtheir kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 ^aiYour gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
^ajthat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 ^akFor the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 ^alThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and ^amthe pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 ^anThe sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
^aoand all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
^apthey shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 ^aqWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^arI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 ^asYou shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^atI, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, ^authe Mighty One of Jacob.

Acts 13:36

36 For David, after he had ^avserved the purpose of God in his own generation, ^awfell asleep and ^axwas laid with his fathers and saw corruption,

Romans 15:18-19

18 For I will not venture to speak of anything except ^aywhat Christ has accomplished through me ^azto bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed, 19 ^baby the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that ^bbfrom Jerusalem and all the way around ^bcto Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;