Ezekiel 22:12

Tree of Life Version

They accept bribes in order to shed blood in you; you have taken usurious interest. You have greedily gained by oppressing your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives to their fellow Jews.

Nehemiah 5:7

I pondered them in my heart and then I opposed the nobles and the officials, saying to them, “Usury! Each of you is putting his brother in debt!” So I convened a great assembly to deal with them.

Psalm 106:21

They forgot God their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt—

Psalm 15:5

who lends his money without usury, and takes no bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.

Proverbs 1:19

Such is the fate of all gaining by violence. It takes the life of its possessor.

Isaiah 1:23

Your princes are rebellious and friends with thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, nor does a widow’s case come to them.

Isaiah 17:10

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and you have not remembered the Rock of your strength. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set out exotic vines.

Isaiah 56:11

and the dogs are greedy— they never have enough. They are shepherds with no discernment. They have all turned to their own way, each to his own gain, one and all.

Jeremiah 2:32

Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number.

Jeremiah 3:21

A voice is heard on the barren hills —the weeping and supplication of the children of Israel— because they perverted their way and forgot Adonai their God.

Jeremiah 6:13

“For from the least to the greatest, all of them are greedy for gain, and from prophet even to kohen, everyone practices deceit.

Jeremiah 9:1

If only I had a travelers’ lodging place in the wilderness, then I might leave my people and get away from them! For they are all adulterers, a bunch of traitors.

Ezekiel 18:13

loaned with interest and taken unjust gain. Will he then live? He will not live! He has done all these detestable things. He will surely be put to death and his blood will be on him.

Ezekiel 18:8

He does not loan with interest or take unjust gain. He keeps his hand from iniquity, executes true justice between people,

Ezekiel 23:35

Therefore thus says Adonai Elohim: “Because you have forgotten Me and thrust Me behind your back, you will also bear your obscenity and your harlotry.”

Ezekiel 36:12

I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk upon you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance. You will no longer deprive them of children.’”

Leviticus 19:13

“You are not to oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant are not to remain with you all night until the morning.

Leviticus 25:37

You are not to lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the poor, destroying the afflicted of the land

Amos 8:6

buy the poor for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals! We’ll even sell the refuse of the grain!’”

Matthew 23:13

“But woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not enter yourselves, nor do you let those enter who are trying to go in.

Matthew 23:25

“Woe to you, Torah scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and uncontrolled desire.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘O God, I thank You that I am not like other people—thieving, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Luke 19:8

But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord. “Look, Master, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have somehow cheated anyone, I repay four times as much!”

Luke 3:13

He said to them, “Do not take more than you are supposed to.”

1 Corinthians 5:11

But now I am writing to you not to mix together with anyone who is being called a brother if he is sexually immoral or greedy or an idolater or a slanderer or a drunkard or a swindler—not even to eat with such a fellow.

1 Corinthians 6:10

thieves, the greedy, drunkards, slanderers, swindlers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.

Deuteronomy 16:19

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 23:19

You are not to bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the House of Adonai your God for any vow, for both of these are detestable to Adonai your God.

Deuteronomy 27:25

‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to strike down an innocent life.’ Then all the people are to say, ‘Amen.’

Deuteronomy 32:18

The Rock who birthed you, you ignored. You forgot God who brought you forth.

1 Timothy 3:3

not addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money,

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! For they went the way of Cain; they were consumed for pay in Balaam’s error; and in Korah’s rebellion they have been destroyed.