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?
To loose
Ye break
General references
Bible References
To loose
Nehemiah 5:10
And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest.
Jeremiah 34:8
The word came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant (solemn pledge) with all the [Hebrew] people who were [slaves] in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them:
Micah 3:2
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
Ye break
1 Timothy 6:1
All who are under the yoke as bond-servants (slaves) are to regard their own masters as worthy of honor and respect so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] will not be spoken against.
General references
Leviticus 25:14
If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.
Proverbs 24:11
Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!
Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
And those who stagger to the slaughter, Oh hold them back [from their doom]!
Isaiah 57:12
“I will declare your [hypocritical] righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not benefit you.
“I will declare your [hypocritical] righteousness and your deeds,
But they will not benefit you.