In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. Cross References Exodus 23:8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous. Leviticus 19:13 You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand. Leviticus 25:36 Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you. Deuteronomy 16:19 Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. Deuteronomy 23:19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. Deuteronomy 27:25 Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Psalm 106:21 They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt, Ezekiel 23:35 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.'" Ezekiel 36:12 Yes, I will cause My people Israel to walk upon you; they will possess you, and you will be their inheritance, and you will no longer deprive them of their children. Micah 7:2 The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. Micah 7:3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. Treasury of Scripture In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, said the Lord GOD. taken gifts Exodus 23:7,8 Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 27:25 thou hast Ezekiel 18:8,13 Exodus 22:25,26 Leviticus 25:35,36 greedily Proverbs 1:19 Isaiah 56:11 Matthew 23:14,25 and hast Ezekiel 23:35 Deuteronomy 32:18 Psalm 106:21 |