Nehemiah 5:7
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the ranking men and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Leviticus 25:36Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Deuteronomy 23:19Thou shall not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.
2 Chronicles 19:6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do. For ye judge not for man, but for LORD, and [he is] with you in the judgment.
Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms 15:5he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:7-14
Grievances of the Poor Redressed. ( b. c. 445.) 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing… Read the whole commentary →