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 18:16Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
• Ezek 18:12Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
• Exod 22:26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
• Deut 24:12–13And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
• Ezek 33:15If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Amos 3:10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
• Ezek 18:18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.
• Amos 2:8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
• Exod 22:21–24Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
• Luke 3:11He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
• Ezek 7:23Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
• Ezek 22:27–29Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
• Job 31:13–22If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
• Jas 5:1–6Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
• Prov 22:22–23Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
• 1 Sam 12:3–4Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
• Prov 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Isa 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Isa 59:6–7Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
• Jas 2:13–17For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Amos 6:3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• Ps 112:9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
• Matt 25:34–46Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Jer 22:3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
• Isa 58:6–11Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
• Lev 19:15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
• Deut 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
• 2 Cor 8:7–9Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also.
• Prov 11:24–25There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
• 2 Cor 9:6–14But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
• Ezek 22:12–13In 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.
• Prov 28:27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
• Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
• Jer 22:16–17He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
• Mic 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Prov 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
• Ps 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
• Mic 3:2Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

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