Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Ye break

Bible References

To loose

Nehemiah 5:10
And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury.
Jeremiah 34:8
The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim release to them:
Micah 3:2
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear off their skin from them
And their flesh from their bones,

Ye break

1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against.

General references

Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back.
Isaiah 57:12
“I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not profit you.