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 wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, 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 of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

"You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

"'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."

"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."

For the vineyard of Yahweh of Armies 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 of distress.

He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; He who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil --

"Isn't this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

if you don't oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don't shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

"Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says Yahweh of Armies.

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

Hath restored

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

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

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

and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; 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.

The earth 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 Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

"Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh, "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."

Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

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

In that day, I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master's house with violence and deceit.

Hath given

neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh 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,

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, 'Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

He answered them, "He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise."

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

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

General references

You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:

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

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,