Neh 5:15, Act 18:3, 20:33, 2Cor 12:13, 1Th 2:9, 2Th 3:8-9 | ESV | STEP | The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver . Even their servants lorded it over the people . But I did not do so , because of the fear of God .

Nehemiah 5:15

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, ^cbecause of the fear of God.

Acts 18:3

3 and ^dbecause he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

Acts 20:33

33 ^eI coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel.

2 Corinthians 12:13

13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that ^fI myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!

1 Thessalonians 2:9

9 For you remember, brothers, ^gour labor and toil: we ^hworked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8-9

8 nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but ⁱwith toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. 9 It was ^jnot because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves ^kan example to imitate.