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Nehemiah 5:7

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I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

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May a creditor seize all he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.

Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek.

Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

My anger will be aroused, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows and your children fatherless.

“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

“ ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.

“ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.

When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

But those elders who are sinning you are to reprove before everyone, so that the others may take warning.

These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.




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