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.
Greedily
General references
Bible References
Taken gifts
Exodus 23:7
Do not make false accusations. Do not put an innocent person to death. I will condemn anyone who does this evil thing.
Deuteronomy 16:19
Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.
Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to punish an innocent person.' All the people will say: 'Amen.'
Isaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.
Micah 7:2
The godly (loyal) (holy) man has perished from the earth. There is none upright among men! They all lie in wait for blood. Every man hunts his own brother with a net.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes (rulers) within her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morning.
Thou hast
Ezekiel 18:8
If he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
Exodus 22:25
When you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
Leviticus 25:35
If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.
Deuteronomy 23:19
Do not charge interest to your brothers, interest on money, food, anything that may be loaned at interest.
Nehemiah 5:1
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
Psalm 15:5
The one who does not collect interest on a loan or take a bribe against an innocent person. Whoever does these things will never fall or be upset.
Greedily
Proverbs 1:19
So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner.
Isaiah 56:11
They are dogs with mighty appetites. They never have enough! They are shepherds who lack understanding. They all turn to their own way and each one seeks dishonest (unjust) gain.
Matthew 23:14
[Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.]
Luke 3:13
He told them: Collect no more than that which is prescribed.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
Luke 19:8
Zacchaeus stood before Jesus and said: Lord, I now give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded any one I will give back four times the amount taken.
1 Corinthians 5:11
I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do not even eat with such a person.
1 Corinthians 6:10
nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of God.
1 Timothy 3:3
not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
1 Timothy 6:9
Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw men into ruin and destruction.
James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the rebellious talk of Korah.
And hast
Ezekiel 23:35
Therefore, the Lord Jehovah says: 'Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your acts of prostitution.'
Deuteronomy 32:18
You ignored the rock that fathered you and forgot the God who gave you life.
Psalm 106:21
They forgot the God of their salvation, the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,
Jeremiah 2:32
A young woman cannot forget her jewelry or a bride her breastband (sash) (girdle). Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.
Jeremiah 3:21
A voice is heard on the bare hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They are perverted and have forgotten Jehovah their God.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.
Deuteronomy 23:19
Do not charge interest to your brothers, interest on money, food, anything that may be loaned at interest.
Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to punish an innocent person.' All the people will say: 'Amen.'
Proverbs 17:23
A wicked man takes a bribe to pervert the ways of judgment.
Ezekiel 11:6
You have killed many people in this city and have filled its streets with corpses.'