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Ezekiel 22:12

WEB

12In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord GOD.

KJV

12In thee have they taken[+] gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

BSB

12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

FBV

12Your people take money to murder others. You charge interest and make a profit on loans, and use extortion to get money from your neighbors. You have forgotten all about me, declares the Lord God.


Extra References

Ezekiel 23:35

35Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’”


Deuteronomy 27:25

25‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’


Micah 7:2-3

2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net. 3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.


Deuteronomy 23:19

19You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.


Psalms 106:21

21They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt,


Ezekiel 18:13

13has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.


Jeremiah 2:32

32“Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.


Ezekiel 18:8

8he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,


Leviticus 25:35-36

35“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. 36Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.


Deuteronomy 16:19

19You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.