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But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so
abecause of the fear of God.
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Nehemiah 5:9, Job 31:23
Nehemiah 5
9
Again I said, "The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of athe reproach of the nations, our enemies?
Job 31
23
"For acalamity from God is a terror to me, And because of bHis majesty I can do nothing.