Nehemiah 5:7

Modern English Version

So I contemplated about this for myself and, as a result, I rebuked the nobles and officials and said to them, “Based on the claim of each against his brother, you are exacting usury.” Then I convened a great assembly against them,

Cross References

Psalm 109:11

Let the creditor seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor.

Psalm 15:1

Lord, who will abide in Your tabernacle? Who will dwell in Your holy hill?

Psalm 15:5

he who does not put his money out to usury, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be moved.

Psalm 27:8

When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, will I seek.”

Psalm 4:4

Tremble in awe, and do not sin. Meditate within your own heart on your bed, and be still.   Selah

Psalm 94:16

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Exodus 22:24

And My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will become widows, and your children fatherless.

Exodus 22:25

If you lend money to any of My people who is poor among you, do not be to him a usurer, and do not lay upon him usury.

Proverbs 27:5

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by extortion, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 45:9

Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you officials of Israel. Remove violence and destruction, and execute justice and righteousness. Take away your exactions from My people, says the Lord God.

Leviticus 19:15

You shall do no unrighteousness in a court. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person who is great, but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 25:36

Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So from now on we do not regard anyone according to the flesh. Yes, though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet we do not regard Him as such from now on.

Galatians 2:11

But when Peter came to Antioch, I withstood him face to face, because he stood condemned.

1 Timothy 5:20

Rebuke in the presence of everyone those who sin, that the rest also may fear.

Titus 2:15

Teach these things, exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.