逐节对照
- Amplified Bible - if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
- 新标点和合本 - 未曾亏负人，乃将欠债之人的当头还给他；未曾抢夺人的物件，却将食物给饥饿的人吃，将衣服给赤身的人穿；
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 未曾亏负人，而是将欠债之人的抵押品还给他；未曾抢夺人的物件，却把食物给饥饿的人吃，把衣服给赤身的人穿；
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 未曾亏负人，而是将欠债之人的抵押品还给他；未曾抢夺人的物件，却把食物给饥饿的人吃，把衣服给赤身的人穿；
- 当代译本 - 不欺压人，反而退还债户的抵押品；不抢夺财物，反而给饥饿的人食物吃，给赤身露体的人衣服穿；
- 圣经新译本 - 不欺压任何人，把欠债人的抵押归还；他不抢夺人的物件，却把自己的食物给饥饿的人，把衣服给赤身的人穿着；
- 现代标点和合本 - 未曾亏负人，乃将欠债之人的当头还给他，未曾抢夺人的物件，却将食物给饥饿的人吃，将衣服给赤身的人穿，
- 和合本（拼音版） - 未曾亏负人，乃将欠债之人的当头还给他，未曾抢夺人的物件，却将食物给饥饿的人吃，将衣服给赤身的人穿，
- New International Version - He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
- New International Reader's Version - He does not treat anyone badly. Instead, he always returns things he takes to make sure loans are paid back. He does not steal. Instead, he gives his food to hungry people. He provides clothes for those who are naked.
- English Standard Version - does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
- New Living Translation - He is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given as security by poor debtors. He does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for the needy.
- Christian Standard Bible - He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- New American Standard Bible - and if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
- New King James Version - If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
- American Standard Version - and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
- King James Version - And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
- New English Translation - does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
- World English Bible - and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- 新標點和合本 - 未曾虧負人，乃將欠債之人的當頭還給他；未曾搶奪人的物件，卻將食物給飢餓的人吃，將衣服給赤身的人穿；
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 未曾虧負人，而是將欠債之人的抵押品還給他；未曾搶奪人的物件，卻把食物給飢餓的人吃，把衣服給赤身的人穿；
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 未曾虧負人，而是將欠債之人的抵押品還給他；未曾搶奪人的物件，卻把食物給飢餓的人吃，把衣服給赤身的人穿；
- 當代譯本 - 不欺壓人，反而退還債戶的抵押品；不搶奪財物，反而給饑餓的人食物吃，給赤身露體的人衣服穿；
- 聖經新譯本 - 不欺壓任何人，把欠債人的抵押歸還；他不搶奪人的物件，卻把自己的食物給飢餓的人，把衣服給赤身的人穿著；
- 呂振中譯本 - 不虧負人，總把債務的當頭交還；他不搶奪人的物件，卻將自己的食物給了饑餓的人，將衣服給赤身裸體的人遮身；
- 現代標點和合本 - 未曾虧負人，乃將欠債之人的當頭還給他，未曾搶奪人的物件，卻將食物給飢餓的人吃，將衣服給赤身的人穿，
- 文理和合譯本 - 未欺凌人、反負者之質、不奪人之物、飢者供以食、裸者被以衣、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 不虐遇人、不攘奪人、受人質即反之、饑者供以食、裸者被以衣、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 不欺壓人、反負債者之質、不行強奪、 不行強奪或作不強奪人之物下同 饑者供以食、裸者被以衣、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - No oprime a nadie, ni roba, sino que devuelve la prenda al deudor, da de comer al hambriento y viste al desnudo.
- 현대인의 성경 - 사람을 학대하지 않고 빚진 자에게서 잡은 전당물을 다시 돌려 주며 남의 것을 강제로 빼앗지 않고 굶주린 자에게 먹을 것을 주며 벗은 자에게 옷을 입힌다면,
- Новый Русский Перевод - никого не притесняет и возвращает должнику взятое у того в залог, не грабит, дает свой хлеб голодным и одевает нагих,
- Восточный перевод - никого не притесняет и возвращает должнику взятое у того в залог, не грабит, даёт свой хлеб голодным и одевает нагих,
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - никого не притесняет и возвращает должнику взятое у того в залог, не грабит, даёт свой хлеб голодным и одевает нагих,
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - никого не притесняет и возвращает должнику взятое у того в залог, не грабит, даёт свой хлеб голодным и одевает нагих,
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Il n’exploite personne, il restitue son gage à celui qui lui a emprunté de l’argent, il ne commet pas de vol, il donne son pain à celui qui a faim et des vêtements à celui qui n’en a pas.
- リビングバイブル - 貧しい者に親切にし、金を貸しても質物は返してやり、飢えている者には食物を与え、裸の者には着物を着せ、
- Nova Versão Internacional - Ele não oprime ninguém, antes, devolve o que tomou como garantia num empréstimo. Não comete roubos, antes dá a sua comida aos famintos e fornece roupas para os despidos.
- Hoffnung für alle - Er unterdrückt und beraubt niemanden. Wenn er von einem Menschen, der ihm etwas schuldet, ein Pfand nimmt, gibt er es auch wieder zurück. Den Hungrigen gibt er zu essen, und er versorgt die mit Kleidung, die kaum etwas anzuziehen haben.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Người ấy là chủ nợ nhân từ, không giữ của cầm cho người đi vay. Người ấy không cướp bóc, nhưng cho người đói bánh ăn và chu cấp quần áo cho người có cần.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เขาไม่ได้ข่มเหงรังแกผู้ใด แต่คืนของประกันให้แก่ลูกหนี้ เขาไม่ได้ปล้นชิง แต่ให้อาหารแก่ผู้หิวโหย และให้เครื่องนุ่งห่มแก่ผู้ที่เปลือยกาย
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ไม่กดขี่ข่มเหงผู้ใด แต่คืนของประกันให้แก่ผู้ยืม ไม่ปล้น แบ่งปันอาหารให้แก่ผู้อดอยาก จัดหาเครื่องนุ่งห่มให้แก่ผู้ที่ขัดสน
交叉引用
- Amos 2:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
- Isaiah 58:6 - [Rather] is this not the fast which I choose, To undo the bonds of wickedness, To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke, To let the oppressed go free And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?
- Isaiah 58:7 - Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?
- Isaiah 58:8 - Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your healing (restoration, new life) will quickly spring forth; Your righteousness will go before you [leading you to peace and prosperity], The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
- Isaiah 58:9 - Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; You will cry for help, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away from your midst the yoke [of oppression], The finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and [every form of] wicked (sinful, unjust) speech,
- Isaiah 58:10 - And if you offer yourself to [assist] the hungry And satisfy the need of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday.
- Isaiah 58:11 - And the Lord will continually guide you, And satisfy your soul in scorched and dry places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.
- Leviticus 25:14 - If you sell anything to your friend or buy from your friend, you shall not wrong one another.
- Proverbs 28:27 - He who gives to the poor will never want, But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.
- Leviticus 19:15 - ‘You shall not do injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor show a preference for the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
- Psalms 41:1 - Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless; The Lord will save him in the day of trouble.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 - Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and [Saul] His anointed [if I have done someone wrong]. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes [to the truth]? [Tell me and] I will restore it to you.”
- 1 Samuel 12:4 - They said, “You have not exploited us or oppressed us or taken anything at all from a man’s hand.”
- Job 24:9 - Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
- James 2:13 - For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.
- James 2:14 - What is the benefit, my fellow believers, if someone claims to have faith but has no [good] works [as evidence]? Can that [kind of] faith save him? [No, a mere claim of faith is not sufficient—genuine faith produces good works.]
- James 2:15 - If a brother or sister is without [adequate] clothing and lacks [enough] food for each day,
- James 2:16 - and one of you says to them, “Go in peace [with my blessing], [keep] warm and feed yourselves,” but he does not give them the necessities for the body, what good does that do?
- James 2:17 - So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].
- Job 24:3 - They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
- Malachi 3:5 - “Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
- Isaiah 1:17 - Learn to do good. Seek justice, Rebuke the ruthless, Defend the fatherless, Plead for the [rights of the] widow [in court].
- Job 22:6 - For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked.
- Isaiah 33:15 - He who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, Who rejects gain from fraud and from oppression, Who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil;
- Matthew 25:34 - “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God, appointed to eternal salvation], inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 25:35 - For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;
- Matthew 25:36 - I was naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me [with help and ministering care]; I was in prison, and you came to Me [ignoring personal danger].’
- Matthew 25:37 - Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?
- Matthew 25:38 - And when did we see You as a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?
- Matthew 25:39 - And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’
- Matthew 25:40 - The King will answer and say to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did it for one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it for Me.’
- Matthew 25:41 - “Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons);
- Matthew 25:42 - for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;
- Matthew 25:43 - I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me [with help and ministering care].’
- Matthew 25:44 - Then they also [in their turn] will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- Matthew 25:45 - Then He will reply to them, ‘I assure you and most solemnly say to you, to the extent that you did not do it for one of the least of these [my followers], you did not do it for Me.’
- Matthew 25:46 - Then these [unbelieving people] will go away into eternal (unending) punishment, but those who are righteous and in right standing with God [will go, by His remarkable grace] into eternal (unending) life.”
- Amos 5:11 - Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them, Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone, You will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
- Amos 5:12 - For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
- Psalms 112:9 - He has given freely to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor.
- James 5:1 - Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.
- James 5:2 - Your wealth has rotted and is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten.
- James 5:3 - Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days [when it will do you no good].
- James 5:4 - Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- James 5:5 - On the earth you have lived luxuriously and abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
- James 5:6 - You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.
- Proverbs 28:8 - He who increases his wealth by interest and usury (excessive interest) Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.
- Isaiah 59:6 - Their webs will not serve as clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with what they make; Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing], And the act of violence is in their hands.
- Isaiah 59:7 - Their feet run to evil, And they rush to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing]; Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
- 2 Corinthians 9:6 - Now [remember] this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to others] will also reap generously [and be blessed].
- 2 Corinthians 9:7 - Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift].
- 2 Corinthians 9:8 - And God is able to make all grace [every favor and earthly blessing] come in abundance to you, so that you may always [under all circumstances, regardless of the need] have complete sufficiency in everything [being completely self-sufficient in Him], and have an abundance for every good work and act of charity.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9 - As it is written and forever remains written, “He [the benevolent and generous person] scattered abroad, he gave to the poor, His righteousness endures forever!”
- 2 Corinthians 9:10 - Now He who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed for sowing [that is, your resources] and increase the harvest of your righteousness [which shows itself in active goodness, kindness, and love].
- 2 Corinthians 9:11 - You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous, and this [generosity, administered] through us is producing thanksgiving to God [from those who benefit].
- 2 Corinthians 9:12 - For the ministry of this service (offering) is not only supplying the needs of the saints (God’s people), but is also overflowing through many expressions of thanksgiving to God.
- 2 Corinthians 9:13 - Because of this act of ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to the gospel of Christ which you confess, as well as for your generous participation [in this gift] for them and for all [the other believers in need],
- 2 Corinthians 9:14 - and they also long for you while they pray on your behalf, because of the surpassing measure of God’s grace [His undeserved favor, mercy, and blessing which is revealed] in you.
- Deuteronomy 24:17 - “You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].
- Proverbs 22:22 - Do not rob the poor because he is poor [and defenseless], Nor crush the afflicted [by legal proceedings] at the gate [where the city court is held],
- Proverbs 22:23 - For the Lord will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them.
- Proverbs 14:31 - He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker, But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.
- Job 31:13 - “If I have despised and rejected the claim of my male or female servants When they filed a complaint against me,
- Job 31:14 - What then could I do when God arises [to judge me]? When He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
- Job 31:15 - Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant, And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?
- Job 31:16 - “If I have withheld from the poor what they desired, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
- Job 31:17 - Or have eaten my morsel [of food] alone, And did not share it with the orphan
- Job 31:18 - (But from my youth the orphan grew up with me as with a father, And from my mother’s womb I have been the widow’s guide),
- Job 31:19 - If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor person without covering,
- Job 31:20 - If his loins have not thanked and blessed me [for clothing them], And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
- Job 31:21 - If I have lifted my hand against the orphan, Because I saw [that the judges would be] my help at the [council] gate,
- Job 31:22 - Then let my shoulder fall away from its socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
- Ezekiel 22:27 - Her princes within her are like wolves tearing and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.
- Ezekiel 22:28 - Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God’—when the Lord has not spoken.
- Ezekiel 22:29 - The people of the land have practiced oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; they have wronged the poor and needy and they have oppressed the stranger without justice.
- Exodus 22:21 - “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 22:22 - You shall not harm or oppress any widow or fatherless child.
- Exodus 22:23 - If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
- Exodus 22:24 - and My wrath shall be kindled and burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
- Deuteronomy 15:7 - “If there is a poor man among you, one of your fellow Israelites, in any of your cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not be heartless, nor close-fisted with your poor brother;
- Deuteronomy 15:8 - but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend to him whatever he needs.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 - Beware that there is no wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release (remission, pardon), is approaching,’ and your eye is hostile (unsympathetic) toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing [since he would not have to repay you]; for he may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will become a sin for you.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 - You shall freely and generously give to him, and your heart shall not be resentful when you give to him, because for this [generous] thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 - For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.’
- Amos 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
- Amos 8:5 - saying, “When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
- Amos 8:6 - So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
- Jeremiah 22:3 - Thus says the Lord, “Execute justice and righteousness, and rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of his oppressor. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
- Isaiah 5:7 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house (nation) of Israel And the men of Judah are His delightful planting [which He loves]. So He looked for justice, but in fact, [He saw] bloodshed and lawlessness; [He looked] for righteousness, but in fact, [He heard] a cry of distress and oppression.
- Proverbs 11:24 - There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more; And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.
- Proverbs 11:25 - The generous man [is a source of blessing and] shall be prosperous and enriched, And he who waters will himself be watered [reaping the generosity he has sown].
- 2 Corinthians 8:7 - But just as you excel in everything, [and lead the way] in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in genuine concern, and in your love for us, see that you excel in this gracious work [of giving] also.
- 2 Corinthians 8:8 - I am not saying this as a command [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the enthusiasm of others, the sincerity of your love as well.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9 - For you are recognizing [more clearly] the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [His astonishing kindness, His generosity, His gracious favor], that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich (abundantly blessed).
- Micah 2:1 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who devise wickedness And plot evil on their beds! When morning comes, they practice evil Because it is in the power of their hands.
- Jeremiah 22:16 - He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then all was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Says the Lord.
- Jeremiah 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart Are only intent on your own dishonest gain, On shedding innocent blood, On oppression and extortion and violence.”
- Exodus 23:9 - “You shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the soul [the feelings, thoughts, and concerns] of a stranger, for you were strangers in Egypt.
- Genesis 6:11 - The [population of the] earth was corrupt [absolutely depraved—spiritually and morally putrid] in God’s sight, and the land was filled with violence [desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power].
- Genesis 6:12 - God looked on the earth and saw how debased and degenerate it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way on the earth and lost their true direction.
- Ezekiel 7:23 - ‘Prepare the chain [for imprisonment], for the land is full of bloody crimes [murders committed under the pretense of civil justice] and the city is full of violence.
- Jeremiah 7:6 - if you do not oppress the transient and the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood [by oppression and by unjust judicial murders] in Jerusalem, nor follow after other gods to your own ruin,
- Jeremiah 7:7 - then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers [to live in] forever and ever.
- Micah 3:2 - You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;
- Ezekiel 22:12 - In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 22:13 - “Behold, therefore, I strike My hands [together] at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you.
- Zechariah 7:9 - “Thus has the Lord of hosts said, ‘Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion, to each other;
- Zechariah 7:10 - and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Zechariah 7:11 - But they refused to listen and pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder [stiffening themselves in resistance] and stopped up their ears.
- Psalms 112:4 - Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright—in right standing with God).
- Proverbs 3:31 - Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways.
- Amos 6:3 - Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
- Zephaniah 1:9 - On that day I will also punish all those who leap over the temple threshold, Who fill their [pagan] lord’s temple with violence and deceit.
- Ezekiel 18:18 - As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his sin.
- Amos 3:10 - For they do not know how to do right,” says the Lord, “these who store up violence and devastation [like treasures] in their strongholds.”
- Luke 3:11 - And John replied, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do the same.”
- Amos 2:8 - They stretch out beside every [pagan] altar on clothes taken in pledge [to secure a loan, disregarding God’s command], And in the house of their God [in contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine [which has been] taken from those who have been fined.
- Deuteronomy 24:12 - If the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
- Deuteronomy 24:13 - You shall certainly restore the pledge (security deposit) to him at sunset, so that he may sleep in his garment and bless you; and it will be credited to you as righteousness (right standing) before the Lord your God.
- Ezekiel 33:15 - if a wicked man returns [what he took as] a pledge, pays back what he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes which ensure life, without committing injustice, he will certainly live; he will not die.
- Ezekiel 18:12 - oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore [to the debtor] his pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols, and commits repulsive acts,
- Exodus 22:26 - If you ever take your [poor] neighbor’s robe in pledge, you must return it to him before sunset,
- Ezekiel 18:16 - or oppress anyone, or take anything in pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,