Leviticus 25:14
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat
Leviticus 19:13
“You must not oppress
Leviticus 25:17
You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
1 Samuel 12:3-4
Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken?
Deuteronomy 16:19-20
Do not deny justice or show partiality to anyone. Do not accept a bribe, for it blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out
2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison
Nehemiah 9:36-37
slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!
Job 20:19-20
he seized a house he did not build.
Psalm 10:18
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.
Proverbs 14:31
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.
Proverbs 21:13
will himself also call out and not be answered.
Proverbs 22:16
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
Proverbs 28:3
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Proverbs 28:8
collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
Proverbs 28:16
is very oppressive,
but one who hates dishonest profit
prolongs his life.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see oppression of the poor
Isaiah 1:17
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
Isaiah 3:12-15
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
Isaiah 5:7
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
Isaiah 33:15
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil
Isaiah 58:6
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
Jeremiah 22:17
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
Ezekiel 22:7
Father and mother are treated with contempt,
Ezekiel 22:12-13
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood.
Amos 5:11-12
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
Amos 8:4-7
and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 2:2-3
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
Micah 6:10-12
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
Micah 7:3
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
Luke 3:14
Some soldiers also questioned him: “What should we do?”
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”
1 Corinthians 6:8
Instead, you act unjustly and cheat—and you do this to believers!
James 5:1-5
Come now, you rich
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slaves in the land You gave our ancestors
so that they could enjoy its fruit and its goodness.
Here we are—slaves in it!
he seized a house he did not build.
so that men of the earth may terrify them no more.
but one who is kind to the needy honors Him.
will himself also call out and not be answered.
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Seek justice.
Correct the oppressor.
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
and women rule over them.
My people, your leaders mislead you;
they confuse the direction of your paths.
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil
To break the chains of wickedness,
to untie the ropes of the yoke,
to set the oppressed free,
and to tear off every yoke?
except your own dishonest profit,
shedding innocent blood
and committing extortion and oppression.
and exact a grain tax from him,
you will never live in the houses of cut stone
you have built;
you will never drink the wine
from the lush vineyards
you have planted.
and do away with the poor of the land,
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
He said to them, “Don’t take money from anyone by force or false accusation; be satisfied with your wages.”