Ezekiel 33:15
If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.
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Exodus 21:34The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.
Exodus 22:26If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:
Leviticus 18:5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 24:6No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
Deuteronomy 24:17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
Job 24:3They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 33:11-21
The Cavils of the People Answered. ( b. c. 587.) 10 Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God , I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy… Read the whole commentary →