Ezekiel 22:12
In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
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Exodus 23:7Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
Leviticus 25:35And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.
Deuteronomy 16:19You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
Nehemiah 5:1Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Psalms 15:5He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 22:2-17
The Sins of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 591.) 1 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. 3 Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord God , The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused… Read the whole commentary →