Nehemiah 5:10

Nehemiah Deals With Strife

⁹ And I say, 'Not good is the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? ¹⁰ And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury. ¹¹ Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'

For Us

Let Us

Exodus 22:25-27

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Nehemiah 5:7

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

Psalm 15:5

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Ezekiel 18:8

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

Ezekiel 18:13

In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is -- to God.

Luke 3:13-14

and he said unto them, 'Exact no more than that directed you.'

1 Corinthians 9:12-18

if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:11

having known, therefore, the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, and to God we are manifested, and I hope also in your consciences to have been manifested;

2 Corinthians 5:20

in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we beseech, in behalf of Christ, 'Be ye reconciled to God;'

2 Corinthians 6:1

And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --