Neh 5:15, Pro 8:13, Act 10:22, Rom 3:10-18 | 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 .

oCited from Ps. 10:7 (Gk.)

pCited from Prov. 1:16; ver. 15-17, cited from Isa. 59:7, 8

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.

Proverbs 8:13

13 ^dThe fear of the Lord is ^ehatred of evil.
^fPride and arrogance and the way of evil
and ^gperverted speech I hate.

Acts 10:22

22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and ^hGod-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by ⁱa holy angel to send for you to come to his house and ^jto hear what you have to say.”

Romans 3:10-18

10 as it is written:

^k“None is righteous, no, not one;
11 no one understands;
no one seeks for God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
no one does good,
not even one.”
13 ^l“Their throat is ^man open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
ⁿ“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
14 ^o“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 ^p“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and ^qthe way of peace they have not known.”
18 ^r“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”