Ezekiel 22:12
In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten Me, saith the Lord GOD.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Exodus 23:7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not; for I will not justify the wicked.
Leviticus 25:35And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his means fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a settler shall he live with thee.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Nehemiah 5:1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall 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 →