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He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,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Hath withdrawn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

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.

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

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt."

Hath withdrawn

I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning.

But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God.

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others --

Hath executed

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner.

You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying.

Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!

Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.

"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other.

These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.

General references

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.