Psalm 15:5
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5 who do not lend money at interest
and do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.(A)
Deuteronomy 16:19
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19 You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(A)
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Exodus 22:25
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25 “If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:12
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12 In you, they take bribes to shed blood; you take both advance interest and accrued interest and make gain of your neighbors by extortion, and you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.(A)
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Ezekiel 18:8
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8 does not take advance or accrued interest, withholds his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between contending parties,(A)
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Matthew 7:21-25
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Concerning Self-Deception
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A) 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’(B) 23 Then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; go away from me, you who behave lawlessly.’(C)
Hearers and Doers
24 “Everyone, then, who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.(D) 25 The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall because it had been founded on rock.
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Deuteronomy 23:19-20
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19 “You shall not charge interest on loans to another Israelite,[a] interest on money, interest on provisions, interest on anything that is lent.(A) 20 On loans to a foreigner you may charge interest, but on loans to another Israelite[b] you may not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land that you are about to enter and possess.(B)
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James 1:22-25
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22 But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.(A) 23 For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves[a] in a mirror;(B) 24 for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25 But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.(C)
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- 1.23 Gk at the face of his birth
John 13:17
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17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
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Exodus 23:7-8
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7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(A) 8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(B)
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2 Peter 1:10-11
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10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. 11 For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
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Matthew 27:3-5
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The Suicide of Judas
3 When Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus[a] was condemned, he repented and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders.(A) 4 He said, “I have sinned by betraying innocent[b] blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.”(B) 5 Throwing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.(C)
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Proverbs 12:3
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3 No one finds security by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous will never be moved.(A)
Psalm 112:6
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6 For the righteous will never be moved;
they will be remembered forever.(A)
Psalm 106:3
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3 Happy are those who observe justice,
who do righteousness at all times.(A)
Psalm 55:22
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22 Cast your burden[a] on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
the righteous to be moved.(A)
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- 55.22 Or Cast what he has given you
Matthew 26:15
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15 and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.(A)
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Micah 7:3
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3 Their hands are skilled to do evil;
the official and the judge ask for a bribe,
and the powerful dictate what they desire;
thus they pervert justice.[a](A)
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- 7.3 Cn: Heb they weave it
Ezekiel 18:27
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27 Again, when the wicked turn away from the wickedness they have committed and do what is lawful and right, they shall save their life.
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Ezekiel 18:17
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17 withholds his hand from iniquity,[a] takes no advance or accrued interest, observes my ordinances, and follows my statutes, he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; he shall surely live.
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- 18.17 Gk: Heb the poor
Isaiah 33:15
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15 Those who walk righteously and speak uprightly,
who despise the gain of oppression,
who wave away a bribe instead of accepting it,
who stop their ears from hearing of bloodshed
and shut their eyes from looking on evil,
Psalm 16:8
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8 I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.(A)
Nehemiah 5:7-13
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7 After thinking it over, I contended with the nobles and the officials; I said to them, “You are all taking interest from your own people.” And I called a great assembly to deal with them(A) 8 and said to them, “As far as we were able, we have bought back our Jewish kindred who had been sold to other nations, but now you are selling your own kin, who must then be bought back by us!” They were silent and could not find a word to say.(B) 9 So I said, “The thing that you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God, to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies?(C) 10 Moreover I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this taking of interest. 11 Restore to them, this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the interest on money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them.” 12 Then they said, “We will restore everything and demand nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” And I called the priests and made them take an oath to do as they had promised.(D) 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out everyone from house and from property who does not perform this promise. Thus may they be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.(E)
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Nehemiah 5:2-5
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2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many; we must get grain, so that we may eat and stay alive.” 3 There were also those who said, “We are having to pledge our fields, our vineyards, and our houses in order to get grain during the famine.” 4 And there were those who said, “We are having to borrow money on our fields and vineyards to pay the king’s tax.(A) 5 Now our flesh is the same as that of our kindred; our children are the same as their children; and yet we are forcing our sons and daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been ravished; we are powerless, and our fields and vineyards now belong to others.”(B)
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Leviticus 25:35-37
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35 “If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you,[a] you shall support them; they shall live with you as though resident aliens.(A) 36 Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let them live with you.(B) 37 You shall not lend them your money at interest taken in advance or provide them food at a profit.
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- 25.35 Meaning of Heb uncertain
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