Ezekiel 22:12
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In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
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Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’”
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.