Ezekiel 18:7

New King James Version

If he has not oppressed anyone, But has restored to the debtor his pledge; Has robbed no one by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:10

I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury!

Job 22:6

For you have taken pledges from your brother for no reason, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Job 24:3

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

Job 24:9

“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalm 112:9

He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted with honor.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

Exodus 22:25

“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

Exodus 22:26

If you ever take your neighbor’s garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down.

Exodus 23:9

“Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.

Proverbs 28:27

He who gives to the poor will not lack, But he who hides his eyes will have many curses.

Proverbs 28:8

One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.

Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways;

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.

Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, He who despises the gain of oppressions, Who gestures with his hands, refusing bribes, Who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from seeing evil:

Isaiah 5:7

For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah are His pleasant plant. He looked for justice, but behold, oppression; For righteousness, but behold, a cry for help.

Jeremiah 22:3

Thus says the Lord: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 16:49

Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Ezekiel 18:12

If he has oppressed the poor and needy, Robbed by violence, Not restored the pledge, Lifted his eyes to the idols, Or committed abomination;

Ezekiel 18:16

Has not oppressed anyone, Nor withheld a pledge, Nor robbed by violence, But has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;

Ezekiel 18:18

“As for his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what is not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

Ezekiel 33:15

if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Ezekiel 7:23

‘Make a chain, For the land is filled with crimes of blood, And the city is full of violence.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.”

Leviticus 19:13

‘You shall not cheat your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of him who is hired shall not remain with you all night until morning.

Leviticus 19:15

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

Leviticus 25:14

And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor’s hand, you shall not oppress one another.

Amos 2:6

Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:8

They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 3:10

For they do not know to do right,’ Says the Lord, ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”

Amos 6:3

Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity, And work out evil on their beds! At morning light they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

Micah 3:2

You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;

Zephaniah 1:9

In the same day I will punish All those who leap over the threshold, Who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

Malachi 3:5

And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien— Because they do not fear Me,” Says the Lord of hosts.

Luke 3:11

He answered and said to them, “He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.”

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.