Nehemiah 5:7-9
New International Version
7 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 8 and said: “As far as possible, we have bought(B) back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!” They kept quiet, because they could find nothing to say.(C)
9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach(D) of our Gentile enemies?
Job 24:3-9
New International Version
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
4 They thrust the needy(B) from the path
and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
5 Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder(H) in the fields
and glean in the vineyards(I) of the wicked.(J)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(K)
8 They are drenched(L) by mountain rains
and hug(M) the rocks for lack of shelter.(N)
9 The fatherless(O) child is snatched(P) from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized(Q) for a debt.(R)
Matthew 18:28-30
New International Version
28 “But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins.[a] He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
29 “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
30 “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
Footnotes
- Matthew 18:28 Greek a hundred denarii; a denarius was the usual daily wage of a day laborer (see 20:2).
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