Nehemiah 5:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁷ Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ I thought it over and then rebuked the nobles and officials. I told them, You are exacting interest from your own kinsmen. And I held a great assembly against them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

Common English Bible

⁷ After thinking it over, I brought charges against the officials and the officers. I told them, “You are all taking interest from your own people!” I also called for a large assembly in order to deal with them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ And my heart considered within me. And I rebuked the nobles and the magistrates, and I said to them, "Have you each been exacting usury from your brothers?" And I gathered together a great assembly against them.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ And my heart thought with myself; and I rebuked the nobles and magistrates, and said to them: Do you every one exact usury of your brethren? And I gathered together a great assembly against them.

Nehemiah 5:7 Cross References

Psalm 109:11

Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; And let strangers make spoil of his labour.

Psalm 15:1

LORD, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

Psalm 15:5

He that putteth not out his money to usury, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

Psalm 27:8

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Psalm 4:4

Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

Psalm 94:16

Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Exodus 22:24

and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 22:25

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him usury.

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.

Proverbs 28:4

They that forsake the law praise the wicked: But such as keep the law contend with them.

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus saith the Lord GOD Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgement and justice; take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD

Leviticus 19:15

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgement: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 25:36

Take thou no usury of him or increase; but fear thy God: that thy brother may live with thee.

Matthew 18:17

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

2 Corinthians 5:16

Wherefore we henceforth know no man after the flesh: even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

1 Timothy 5:20

Them that sin reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.

Titus 2:15

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.