After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, (A)“Each of you is [a]exacting usury from his brother.” So I [b]called a great assembly against them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 5:7 charging interest
  2. Nehemiah 5:7 Lit. held

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 to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest. 20 (B)To a foreigner you may charge interest, but to your brother you shall not charge interest, (C)that the Lord your God may bless you in all to which you set your hand in the land which you are entering to possess.

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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 usury or interest from him; but (B)fear your God, that your brother may live with 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 who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him (B)interest.

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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 usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (C)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.

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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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He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things (A)shall never be 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, “Take heed to what you are doing, for (A)you do not judge for man but for the Lord, (B)who is with you [a]in the judgment. Now therefore, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it, for (C)there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, no (D)partiality, nor taking of bribes.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 19:6 Lit. in the matter of the judgment

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 (A)lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. 11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. 12 And if the man is poor, you shall not [a]keep his pledge overnight. 13 (B)You shall in any case return the pledge to him again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own garment and (C)bless you; and (D)it shall be righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 24:12 Lit. sleep with his pledge

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 form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall [a]release it; he shall not [b]require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the Lord’s release. Of a foreigner you may require it; but you shall give up your claim to what is owed by your brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:2 cancel the debt
  2. Deuteronomy 15:2 exact it

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 ‘You shall do no injustice in (A)judgment. You shall not (B)be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall 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 Speak these things, (A)exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise 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 Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may 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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No Return to the Law

11 (A)Now when [a]Peter had come to Antioch, I [b]withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed;

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Footnotes

  1. Galatians 2:11 NU Cephas
  2. Galatians 2:11 opposed

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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