Psalm 15:5

New English Translation

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.

Cross References

Psalm 106:3

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

Psalm 112:6

For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just.

Psalm 16:8

I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

Psalm 55:22

Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended.

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 10:30

The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

Proverbs 12:3

No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved.

Proverbs 15:27

The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live.

Isaiah 33:15

The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others –

Ezekiel 18:17

refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:27

When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life.

Ezekiel 18:8

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

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.

Micah 7:3

They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.

Matthew 26:15

and said, “What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.

John 13:17

If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 23:21

When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.

1 Samuel 12:3

Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!”