I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, (A)“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them

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I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!”(A) So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

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19 (A)“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, (B)interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. 20 (C)You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, (D)that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.

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19 Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.(A) 20 You may charge a foreigner(B) interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless(C) you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

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36 (A)Take no interest from him or profit, but (B)fear your God, that your brother may live beside you.

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36 Do not take interest(A) or any profit from them, but fear your God,(B) so that they may continue to live among you.

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25 (A)“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

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25 “If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.(A)

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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take interest and profit[a] and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but (C)me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)

12 In you are people who accept bribes(A) to shed blood; you take interest(B) and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors.(C) And you have forgotten(D) me, declares the Sovereign Lord.(E)

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who (A)does not put out his money at interest
    and (B)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be (C)moved.

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who lends money to the poor without interest;(A)
    who does not accept a bribe(B) against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.(C)

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and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, (A)for you judge not for man but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment. Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for (B)there is no injustice with the Lord our God, (C)or partiality or taking bribes.”

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He told them, “Consider carefully what you do,(A) because you are not judging for mere mortals(B) but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict. Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice(C) or partiality(D) or bribery.”

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10 “When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. 13 (A)You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and (B)bless you. And (C)it shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

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10 When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.(A) 11 Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you. 12 If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge(B) in your possession. 13 Return their cloak by sunset(C) so that your neighbor may sleep in it.(D) Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God.(E)

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And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the Lord's release has been proclaimed. (A)Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

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This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed. You may require payment from a foreigner,(A) but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.

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15 (A)“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

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15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(A) do not show partiality(B) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(C) but judge your neighbor fairly.(D)

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15 Declare these things; exhort and (A)rebuke with all authority. (B)Let no one disregard you.

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15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

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20 As for those who persist in sin, (A)rebuke them in the presence of all, (B)so that the rest may stand in fear.

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20 But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove(A) before everyone, so that the others may take warning.(B)

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Paul Opposes Peter

11 But (A)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (B)to his face, because he stood condemned.

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Paul Opposes Cephas

11 When Cephas(A) came to Antioch,(B) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

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