Bible Cross References
hath not
Ezekiel 18:13
and lends money for profit. Will he live? No, he will not. He has done all these disgusting things, and so he will die. He will be to blame for his own death.
Ezekiel 18:17
He refuses to do evil and doesn't lend money for profit. He keeps my laws and obeys my commands. He will not die because of his father's sins, but he will certainly live.
Ezekiel 22:12
Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me." The Sovereign LORD has spoken.
Exodus 22:25
"If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
Leviticus 25:35-37
35
If any Israelites living near you become poor and cannot support themselves, you must provide for them as you would for a hired worker, so that they can continue to live near you.
36
Do not charge Israelites any interest, but obey God and let them live near you.
37
Do not make them pay interest on the money you lend them, and do not make a profit on the food you sell them.
Deuteronomy 23:19
"When you lend money or food or anything else to Israelites, do not charge them interest.
Deuteronomy 23:20
You may charge interest on what you lend to foreigners, but not on what you lend to Israelites. Obey this rule, and the LORD your God will bless everything you do in the land that you are going to occupy.
Nehemiah 5:1-11
1
Some time later many of the people, both men and women, began to complain against the other Jews.
2
Some said, "We have large families, we need grain to keep us alive."
3
Others said, "We have had to mortgage our fields and vineyards and houses to get enough grain to keep us from starving."
4
Still others said, "We had to borrow money to pay the royal tax on our fields and vineyards.
5
We are of the same race as the other Jews. Aren't our children just as good as theirs? But we have to make slaves of our children. Some of our daughters have already been sold as slaves. We are helpless because our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us."
6
When I heard their complaints, I grew angry
7
and decided to act. I denounced the leaders and officials of the people and told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives!" I called a public assembly to deal with the problem
8
and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.
9
Then I said, "What you are doing is wrong! You ought to obey God and do what's right. Then you would not give our enemies, the Gentiles, any reason to ridicule us.
10
I have let the people borrow money and grain from me, and so have my companions and those who work for me. Now let's give up all our claims to repayment.
11
Cancel all the debts they owe you---money or grain or wine or olive oil. And give them back their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses right now!"
Psalm 15:5
They make loans without charging interest and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent. Whoever does these things will always be secure.
Proverbs 28:8
If you get rich by charging interest and taking advantage of people, your wealth will go to someone who is kind to the poor.
Jeremiah 15:10
What an unhappy man I am! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the land. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me.
hath withdrawn
2 Samuel 22:24
He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.
Nehemiah 5:15
Every governor who had been in office before me had been a burden to the people and had demanded forty silver coins a day for food and wine. Even their servants had oppressed the people. But I acted differently, because I honored God.
Isaiah 33:15
You can survive if you say and do what is right. Don't use your power to cheat the poor and don't accept bribes. Don't join with those who plan to commit murder or to do other evil things.
hath executed
Leviticus 19:15
"Be honest and just when you make decisions in legal cases; do not show favoritism to the poor or fear the rich.
Leviticus 19:35
"Do not cheat anyone by using false measures of length, weight, or quantity.
Deuteronomy 1:16
"At that time I instructed them, 'Listen to the disputes that come up among your people. Judge every dispute fairly, whether it concerns only your own people or involves foreigners who live among you.
Deuteronomy 1:17
Show no partiality in your decisions; judge everyone on the same basis, no matter who they are. Do not be afraid of anyone, for the decisions you make come from God. If any case is too difficult for you, bring it to me, and I will decide it.'
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18
"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.
19
They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.
20
Always be fair and just, so that you will occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you and so that you will continue to live there.
Job 29:7-17
7
Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,
8
young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect.
9
The leaders of the people would stop talking;
10
even the most important men kept silent.
11
Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
12
When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
13
People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.
14
I have always acted justly and fairly.
15
I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame.
16
I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.
17
I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
Proverbs 31:8
"Speak up for people who cannot speak for themselves. Protect the rights of all who are helpless.
Proverbs 31:9
Speak for them and be a righteous judge. Protect the rights of the poor and needy."
Isaiah 1:17
and learn to do right. See that justice is done---help those who are oppressed, give orphans their rights, and defend widows."
Jeremiah 22:15
Does it make you a better king if you build houses of cedar, finer than those of others? Your father enjoyed a full life. He was always just and fair, and he prospered in everything he did.
Jeremiah 22:16
He gave the poor a fair trial, and all went well with him. That is what it means to know the LORD.
Zechariah 7:9
"Long ago I gave these commands to my people: 'You must see that justice is done, and must show kindness and mercy to one another.
Zechariah 7:10
Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.'
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things you should do: Speak the truth to one another. In the courts give real justice---the kind that brings peace.