And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
Leviticus 25:14 - The Scriptures 2009 ‘And when you sell whatever to your neighbour or buy from the hand of your neighbour, do not exploit one another. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another. Common English Bible When you sell something to or buy something from your fellow citizen, you must not cheat each other. Catholic Public Domain Version When you will sell anything to your fellow citizen, or buy anything from him, do not cause your brother grief, but buy from him according to the number of years from the Jubilee, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother. But thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee. |
And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.
To defend the fatherless and the downtrodden; So that man who is of the earth no longer oppresses!
He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who esteems Him shows favour to the needy.
Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Let him also cry and not be heard.
One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
A leader who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, But the hater of greed prolongs his days.
A poor man who oppresses the poor Is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food.
He who increases his possessions by interest and profit Gathers it for him who shows favour to the poor.
If you see the oppression of the poor, and denial of right-ruling and righteousness in a province, do not be astonished at the matter. For a higher than the high is guarding, and there are higher ones over them.
“Learn to do good! Seek right-ruling, reprove the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
He who walks righteously and speaks what is straight, he who rejects the gain of oppressions, who keeps his hands from accepting bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil –
For the vineyard of יהוה of hosts is the house of Yisra’ĕl, and the man of Yehuḏah is His pleasant plant. He looked for right-ruling, but see, oppression; for righteousness, but see, weeping.
“Is this not the fast that I have chosen: to loosen the tight cords of wrongness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to exempt the oppressed, and to break off every yoke?
“But your eyes and your heart are only upon your own greedy gain, and on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and on doing violence.”
“They have despised father and mother within you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst. They have wronged the fatherless and the widow within you.
‘Do not oppress your neighbour or rob him. The wages of him who is hired is not to remain with you all night until morning.
‘According to the number of years after the Yoḇel you buy from your neighbour, and according to the number of years of crops he sells to you.
‘And do not oppress one another, but you shall fear your Elohim. For I am יהוה your Elohim.
Both hands are on the evil, to do it well. The prince asks for gifts, the judge seeks a bribe, and the great man speaks the desire of his being. And they weave it together.
And soldiers also asked him, saying, “And what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be satisfied with your pay.”
And the children of Yisra’ĕl cried out to יהוה, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he harshly oppressed the children of Yisra’ĕl.