Ezekiel 18:7

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Ezekiel 18:7

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Summary

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Hath not

Hath restored

Hath spoiled

Hath given

General references

Deuteronomy 23:19

Ezekiel 18:15

James 2:15

Bible References

Hath not

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

“You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

“You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt.

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

Do not envy a man of violence

And do not choose any of his ways.

He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor,

Or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Learn to do good;

Seek justice,

Reprove the ruthless,

Defend the orphan,

Plead for the widow.

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel
And the men of Judah His delightful plant.
Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed;
For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity,
He who rejects unjust gain
And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe;
He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

“Is this not the fast which I choose,
To loosen the bonds of wickedness,
To undo the bands of the yoke,
And to let the oppressed go free
And break every yoke?

if you do not oppress the alien, the

orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,

Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Israel and for four
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they sell the righteous for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals.

Hear this, you who

trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,

Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!

When morning comes, they do it,

For it is in the power of their hands.

“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,

“Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother;

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the

alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Hath restored

if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

Hath spoiled

‘Make the chain, for the land is full of

bloody crimes and the city is full of violence.

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Their webs will not become clothing,
Nor will they cover themselves with their works;
Their works are works of iniquity,
And an act of violence is in their hands.

Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?

“And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold,
Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit.

Hath given

or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the helpless;
The Lord will deliver him in a day of trouble.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more,
And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want.

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.

“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry
And bring the homeless poor into the house;
When you see the naked, to cover him;
And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

And he would answer and say to them, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise.”

But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also.

Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

General references

“You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.

He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor’s wife,

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,