Nehemiah 5:1
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Nehemiah Deals with Oppression
5 And there was a great (A)outcry of the people and their wives against their (B)Jewish brethren.
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Isaiah 5:7
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7 For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant.
He looked for justice, but behold, oppression;
For righteousness, but behold, [a]a cry for help.
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- Isaiah 5:7 wailing
James 5:4
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4 Indeed (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (B)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth.
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- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
1 Corinthians 6:6-8
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6 But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers!
7 Now therefore, it is already an utter failure for you that you go to law against one another. (A)Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather let yourselves be cheated? 8 No, you yourselves do wrong and cheat, and you do these things to your brethren!
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Acts 7:26
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26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’
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Luke 18:7
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7 And (A)shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them?
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Job 34:28
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28 So that they (A)caused the cry of the poor to come to Him;
For He (B)hears the cry of the afflicted.
Job 31:38-39
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38 “If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
39 If (A)I have eaten its [a]fruit without money,
Or (B)caused its owners to lose their lives;
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- Job 31:39 Lit. strength
Deuteronomy 15:7-11
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Generosity to the Poor
7 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but (B)you shall [b]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your (C)eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and (D)he cry out to the Lord against you, and (E)it become sin among you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and (F)your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because (G)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. 11 For (H)the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall [c]open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’
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- Deuteronomy 15:7 towns
- Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open
- Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open
Leviticus 25:35-37
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Lending to the Poor
35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and [a]falls into poverty among you, then you shall (A)help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36 (B)Take no usury or interest from him; but (C)fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit.
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- Leviticus 25:35 Lit. his hand fails
Exodus 22:25-27
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25 (A)“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him (B)interest. 26 (C)If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down. 27 For that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am (D)gracious.
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Exodus 3:7
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7 And the Lord said: (A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry (B)because of their taskmasters, (C)for I know their [a]sorrows.
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- Exodus 3:7 pain
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