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Leviticus 25:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

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Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

To give decision for the child without a father and for the broken-hearted, so that the man of the earth may no longer be feared.

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.

He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.

Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?

But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.

And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you.

So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

Then the children of Israel made prayer to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron war-carriages, and for twenty years he was very cruel to the children of Israel.




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