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Ezekiel 18:8

He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

He that hath not given forth {H5414} upon usury {H5392}, neither hath taken {H3947} any increase {H8636}, that hath withdrawn {H7725} his hand {H3027} from iniquity {H5766}, hath executed {H6213} true {H571} judgment {H4941} between man {H376} and man {H376},

he neither demands nor accepts interest on a loan; he refrains from what is evil; and he judges honestly between one person and another.

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 22:25 (7 votes)

    ¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
  • Zechariah 8:16 (5 votes)

    These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
  • Deuteronomy 23:19 (4 votes)

    Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
  • Deuteronomy 23:20 (4 votes)

    Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
  • Leviticus 25:35 (4 votes)

    And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
  • Leviticus 25:37 (4 votes)

    Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
  • Deuteronomy 1:16 (3 votes)

    And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between [every] man and his brother, and the stranger [that is] with him.
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