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

Has oppressed the poor and needy, has robbed by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, says the Lord GOD.

You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

And if you sell anything unto your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes with? and I will restore it to you.

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;

Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Learn to do good; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that keeps his hands from the holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassion every man to his brother:

And I will come near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, says the LORD of hosts.

Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Hath restored

If the wicked restores the pledge, gives back that which he has stolen, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

If you at all take your neighbor's clothing as pledge, you shall deliver it unto him by the time the sun goes down:

And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

And they lay themselves down upon clothes taken in pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Hath spoiled

Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Thus says the LORD; Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

For they know not to do right, says the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Since therefore you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.

You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

In the same day also will I punish all those that leap over the threshold, who fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.

Hath given

Neither has oppressed any, has not withheld the pledge, neither has robbed by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother:

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.

Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.

He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh?

Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

He answered and said unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.

Therefore, as you abound in everything, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also.

But this I say, He who sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy triumphs over judgment.

By this perceive we the love of God, because 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 brother; interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest:

That has not eaten upon the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,