Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
Leviticus 25:14 - Revised Standard Version And if you sell to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. American Standard Version (1901) And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another. Common English Bible When you sell something to or buy something from your fellow citizen, you must not cheat each other. Catholic Public Domain Version When you will sell anything to your fellow citizen, or buy anything from him, do not cause your brother grief, but buy from him according to the number of years from the Jubilee, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother. But thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee. |
Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.
to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.
He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.
He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.
He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.
A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food.
He who augments his wealth by interest and increase gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.
If you see in a province the poor oppressed and justice and right violently taken away, do not be amazed at the matter; for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.
learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil,
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are his pleasant planting; and he looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold, a cry!
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow are wronged in you.
“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
According to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your neighbor, and according to the number of years for crops he shall sell to you.
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
Their hands are upon what is evil, to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul; thus they weave it together.
Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.”
But you yourselves wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren.
Then the people of Israel cried to the Lord for help; for he had nine hundred chariots of iron, and oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.