Nehemiah 5:7

New English Translation

I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!” Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

Cross References

Psalm 109:11

May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property!

Psalm 15:1

Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill?

Psalm 15:5

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

Psalm 27:8

My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord.

Psalm 4:4

Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah)

Psalm 94:16

Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

Exodus 22:24

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

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

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 45:9

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord.

Leviticus 19:15

“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

Leviticus 25:36

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

Matthew 18:17

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

2 Corinthians 5:16

So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer.

Galatians 2:11

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.

1 Timothy 5:20

Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest.

Titus 2:15

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don’t let anyone look down on you.