Ezekiel 18:7

The righteous man wrongs no one, returns pledges, refrains from robbery, and feeds the hungry and clothes the naked. True faith expresses itself in justice and mercy.

Cross-references · 40

• Ezek 18:16He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Ezek 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
• Exod 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
• Deut 24:12–13If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
• Ezek 33:15if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
• Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
• Ezek 18:18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
• Amos 2:8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
• Exod 22:21–24You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
• Luke 3:11John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
• Ezek 7:23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
• Ezek 22:27–29Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
• Job 31:13–22If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
• Jas 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Prov 22:22–23Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• 1 Sam 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.”
• Prov 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
• Isa 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
• Isa 59:6–7Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.
• Jas 2:13–17For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Amos 6:3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Matt 25:34–46Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Jer 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
• Isa 58:6–11Isn’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?
• Lev 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.
• Deut 24:17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
• 2 Cor 8:7–9But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
• Prov 11:24–25One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
• 2 Cor 9:6–14Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
• Job 24:9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
• Ezek 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.
• Prov 28:27Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
• Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
• Jer 22:16–17He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.
• Job 24:3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
• Mic 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Prov 3:31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;
• Ps 112:4Light dawns in the darkness for the upright—for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.
• Mic 3:2You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

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