“ When you make an agreement with your neighbor to buy or sell property, you must not take advantage of each other.

你若卖什么给邻舍，或是从邻舍的手中买什么，彼此不可亏负。

无论你卖什么给邻舍，或从邻舍的手中买什么，彼此不可亏负。

无论你卖什么给邻舍，或从邻舍的手中买什么，彼此不可亏负。

因此，你们和同胞买卖田地时，不可彼此亏负。

如果你卖什么给邻舍，或是从邻舍的手里买什么，你们不可欺负对方。

你若賣甚麼給鄰舍，或是從鄰舍的手中買甚麼，彼此不可虧負。

無論你賣甚麼給鄰舍，或從鄰舍的手中買甚麼，彼此不可虧負。

無論你賣甚麼給鄰舍，或從鄰舍的手中買甚麼，彼此不可虧負。

因此，你們和同胞買賣田地時，不可彼此虧負。

如果你賣甚麼給鄰舍，或是從鄰舍的手裡買甚麼，你們不可欺負對方。

你若賣甚麼給同伴、或是從同伴手裏買甚麼，總不可相欺負。

如有所鬻於人、或有所購於人、皆勿相欺、

如鬻業於人、或購人之業、勿相侮、

若鬻業於人、或購人之業、毋相欺、

“‘ If you sell land to any of your own people or buy land from them, do not take advantage of each other.

“‘ Suppose you sell land to any of your own people. Or you buy land from them. Then do not take advantage of each other.

And if you make a sale to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

Furthermore, if you make a sale to your friend, or buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest[ ought] of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

“‘ If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.

“ Do not defraud or rob your neighbor.“ Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.

Show your fear of God by not taking advantage of each other. I am the Lord your God.

Now testify against me in the presence of the Lord and before his anointed one. Whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe and perverted justice? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong.”“ No,” they replied,“ you have never cheated or oppressed us, and you have never taken even a single bribe.”

You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

What shall I say about the homes of the wicked filled with treasures gained by cheating? What about the disgusting practice of measuring out grain with dishonest measures?How can I tolerate your merchants who use dishonest scales and weights?The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.

There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere. They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign Lord.“ But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy!You can’t wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out grain with dishonest measures and cheat the buyer with dishonest scales.And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.Now the Lord has sworn this oath by his own name, the Pride of Israel:“ I will never forget the wicked things you have done!

Fathers and mothers are treated with contempt. Foreigners are forced to pay for protection. Orphans and widows are wronged and oppressed among you.

Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth eaten rags.Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded will testify against you on the day of judgment.For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.

“ No, this is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people.

When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.But this is what the Lord says:“ I will reward your evil with evil; you won’t be able to pull your neck out of the noose. You will no longer walk around proudly, for it will be a terrible time.”

A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison and put him in stocks. At that time Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

“ What should we do?” asked some soldiers. John replied,“ Don’t extort money or make false accusations. And be content with your pay.”

Instead, you yourselves are the ones who do wrong and cheat even your fellow believers.

Childish leaders oppress my people, and women rule over them. O my people, your leaders mislead you; they send you down the wrong road.The Lord takes his place in court and presents his case against his people.The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment on the elders and rulers of his people:“ You have ruined Israel, my vineyard. Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor.How dare you crush my people, grinding the faces of the poor into the dust?” demands the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

“ But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”

Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. The people of Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected a crop of justice, but instead he found oppression. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of violence.

“ So now today we are slaves in the land of plenty that you gave our ancestors for their enjoyment! We are slaves here in this good land.The lush produce of this land piles up in the hands of the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins. They have power over us and our livestock. We serve them at their pleasure, and we are in great misery.”

Don’t be surprised if you see a poor person being oppressed by the powerful and if justice is being miscarried throughout the land. For every official is under orders from higher up, and matters of justice get lost in red tape and bureaucracy.

Those who are honest and fair, who refuse to profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—

Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with influence get what they want, and together they scheme to twist justice.

For they oppressed the poor and left them destitute. They foreclosed on their homes.They were always greedy and never satisfied. Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.

A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

Income from charging high interest rates will end up in the pocket of someone who is kind to the poor.

You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them.

Sisera, who had 900 iron chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.

A ruler with no understanding will oppress his people, but one who hates corruption will have a long life.

Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor will be ignored in their own time of need.

You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but helping the poor honors him.