Nehemiah 5:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

I consulted with myself

Psalm 4:4

Psalm 27:8

I rebuked

Ye exact usury

I set a great assembly

2 Chronicles 28:9

Matthew 18:17

General references

Exodus 22:25

Bible References

I consulted with myself

Tremble,

and do not sin;

Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You,
“Your face, O Lord, I shall seek.”

I rebuked

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you when you render judgment.

A Psalm of Asaph.
God takes His stand in His own congregation;
He judges in the midst of the

rulers.

Better is open rebuke
Than love that is concealed.

Therefore from now on we recognize no one

according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Ye exact usury

“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.

Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you.

This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s remission has been proclaimed.

“You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest.

“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge.

A Psalm of David.
O Lord, who may abide in Your tent?
Who may dwell on Your holy hill?

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.

‘Thus says the Lord God, “Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people,” declares the Lord God.

I set a great assembly

But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has even reached heaven.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

General references

“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.