In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bea
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be sh
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a f
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abomina
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice b
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the wo
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an i
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, ea
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverte
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charg
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” S
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perish
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheat
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full o
You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.