Ezekiel 18:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Hath not

Hath withdrawn

2 Samuel 22:24

Nehemiah 5:15

Isaiah 33:15

Hath executed

General references

Exodus 22:25

Deuteronomy 23:19

Bible References

Hath not

And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

Hath withdrawn

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

But earlier rulers who were before me made the people responsible for their upkeep, and took from them bread and wine at the rate of forty shekels of silver; and even their servants were lords over the people: but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Hath executed

Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

Let your mouth be open for those who have no voice, in the cause of those who are ready for death.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him?

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

General references

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have