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Ezekiel 22:12

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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ASV

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שֹׁ֥חַדSho.chada bribeH7810 →
לָֽקְחוּ־la.ke.chu-they have takenH3947 →
בָ֖ךְvakhin you
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616 →
שְׁפָךְ־she.fokh-to shedH8210 →
דָּ֑םDambloodH1818 →
נֶ֧שֶׁךְNe.shekhinterestH5392 →
וְתַרְבִּ֣יתve.tar.Bitand interestH8636 →
לָקַ֗חַתְּla.Ka.chatyou have takenH3947 →
וַתְּבַצְּעִ֤יva.te.va.tze.'Iand you have made unjust gainH1214 →
רֵעַ֙יִךְ֙re.'A.yikhneighbor yourH7453 →
בַּעֹ֔שֶׁקba.'O.shekby <the> oppressionH6233 →
וְאֹתִ֣יve.'o.Tiand <obj.> meH853 →
שָׁכַ֔חַתְּsha.Kha.chatyou have forgottenH7911 →
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136 →
יְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehYahwehH3069 →

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1 Timothy 6:10For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.Ezekiel 23:35Therefore 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.’”Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Micah 7:2–3The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.Ezekiel 11:6You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.Jeremiah 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.Leviticus 25:35–36Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.Ezekiel 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.Deuteronomy 16:19Do 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.Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.Psalms 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,Zechariah 7:10Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.Psalms 58:2No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

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