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Nehemiah 5:7

and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them

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ASV

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.

KJV

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְvai.yi.ma.Lekhand it consideredH4427 →
לִבִּ֜יli.Biheart myH3820 →
עָלַ֗י'a.Laiwith meH5921 →
וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙va.'a.Ri.vahand I contended !H7378 →
אֶת־'et-withH854 →
הַחֹרִ֣יםha.cho.Rimthe noblesH2715 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand withH854 →
הַסְּגָנִ֔יםha.se.ga.Nimthe officialsH5461 →
וָאֹמְרָ֣הva.'o.me.Rahand I said !H559 →
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
מַשָּׁ֥אma.Sha'usuryH4855 →
אִישׁ־'ish-eachH376 →
בְּאָחִ֖יוbe.'a.Chivon brother hisH251 →
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemyouH859 →
נֹשְׂאִיםno.Sim[are] lendingH5375 →
וָאֶתֵּ֥ןva.'e.Tenand I madeH5414 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
קְהִלָּ֥הke.hi.Lahan assemblyH6952 →
גְדוֹלָֽה׃ge.do.LahgreatH1419 →

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Leviticus 25:36Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.Deuteronomy 23:19–20Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.Exodus 22:25If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.Leviticus 19:15You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.Ezekiel 22:12In 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.Deuteronomy 15:2–3This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.Deuteronomy 24:10–13When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.2 Chronicles 19:6–7Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.2 Chronicles 28:9–13But a prophet of the LORD named Oded was there, and he went out to meet the army that returned to Samaria. “Look,” he said to them, “because of His wrath against Judah, the LORD, the God of your fathers, has delivered them into your hand. But you have slaughtered them in a rage that reaches up to heaven.Matthew 18:17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.Titus 2:15Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.Proverbs 27:5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.2 Corinthians 5:16So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.Psalms 82:1–4God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:Psalms 15:1O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?

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Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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