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Leviticus 25:14

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

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ASV

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

KJV

And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכִֽי־ve.khi-and ifH3588 →
תִמְכְּר֤וּtim.ke.Ruyou will sellH4376 →
מִמְכָּר֙mi.Kara thing soldH4465 →
לַעֲמִיתֶ֔ךָla.'a.mi.Te.khato fellow citizen yourH5997 →
א֥וֹ'oorH176 →
קָנֹ֖הka.Nohyou will buyH7069 →
מִיַּ֣דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027 →
עֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ'a.mi.Te.khafellow citizen yourH5997 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תּוֹנ֖וּto.Nuyou maltreatH3238 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אָחִֽיו׃'a.Chivbrother hisH251 →

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Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.Micah 2:2–3They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.James 5:1–5Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.Isaiah 58:6Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?Micah 6:10–12Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?1 Samuel 12:3–4Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”Amos 8:4–7Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,Ezekiel 22:12–13In 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.Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.1 Corinthians 6:8Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!Judges 4:3Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.Nehemiah 9:36–37So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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