Ezekiel 22:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Taken gifts

Thou hast

Greedily

And hast

Jeremiah 3:21

General references

Ezekiel 11:6

Bible References

Taken gifts

Keep thee far from a false matter; and slay thou not the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

Thou shalt not twist that which is right; thou shalt not respect persons neither take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Cursed is he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Thy princes are rebellious and companions of thieves; every one loves bribes and follows after rewards; they do not hear the fatherless in judgment, neither does the cause of the widow come unto them.

The merciful man of the earth is missing: and there is no one upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each man his brother with a net.

Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they do not leave a bone for tomorrow.

Thou hast

neither lends at interest, neither takes any increase, withdraws his hand from iniquity, executes true judgment between man and man,

If thou should lend money to my people, to the poor who is with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

And if thy brother becomes poor and comes unto thee, then thou shalt receive him; as a stranger, or a sojourner, he shall live with thee.

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother, usury of money, usury of food, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury.

Then there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren, the Jews.

He that does not put out his money to usury nor take a bribe against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved.

Greedily

So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain which takes away the life of those who possess it.

And these anxious dogs are insatiable, and even the shepherds did not know enough to understand: they all look to their own ways, each one for his gain, from his quarter.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer; therefore, ye shall receive the greater judgment.

And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Then Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

But now I have written unto you not to associate with anyone calling himself a brother if he is a fornicator or covetous or an idolater or a railer or a drunkard or an extortioner; with such a one do not even eat.

nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

not given to wine, not hurtful, not greedy of dishonest gain, but gentle, not contentious, not covetous;

For those that desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

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

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

And hast

Therefore thus hath the Lord GOD said: Because thou hast forgotten me and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.

Of the strong One that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast forgotten the God that travailed for thee.

They forgot the God of their saving health, who had done great things in Egypt,

Shall the virgin, perchance, forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping of the supplications of the sons of Israel; for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.

General references

And if thou sell anything unto thy neighbour or buy anything of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another.

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother, usury of money, usury of food, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury.

Cursed is he that takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

A wicked man takes a gift in secret to pervert the paths of judgment.

Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.