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Bible Commentaries
Nehemiah 5

Philpot's Commentary on select texts of the BiblePhilpot's Commentary

Verse 15

Ne 5:15

"But because of my fear of God, I did not act that way." Ne 5:15

We can never praise God sufficiently for his restraining grace; for what would we be without it? What an unspeakable mercy, then, it is, that you cannot be what you would be, nor act as you would act, nor speak what you would speak, nor do the things you would do, because there is in you who fear God, a spiritual principle which holds you up, and keeps you back from the ways of sin and death in which the flesh would walk. How this spirit of grace and godly fear kept Joseph in the hour of temptation! How it preserved David when he had Saul in his power as he lay asleep in the cave! How it kept Nehemiah in the fear of God from extortion and oppression! And how, in thousands of instances, it has preserved the feet of the saints, and kept them from doing things that would have ruined their reputation, blighted their character, brought reproach upon the cause of God, and the greatest grief and distress into their own conscience!

Bibliographical Information
Philpot, Joseph Charles. "Commentary on Nehemiah 5". Philpot's Commentary on select texts of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/jcp/nehemiah-5.html.
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