Ezekiel 22:12

In Jerusalem people take bribes for bloodshed, charge unjust interest, extort neighbors, and so have forgotten God. Greed corrupts justice and severs them from the Lord.

Cross-references · 33

• Ezek 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.’”
• Mic 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.
• Deut 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• Lev 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.
• Ps 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
• Ezek 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
• Ps 106:21They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,
• Deut 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.
• Deut 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
• Jer 2:32Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.
• Jas 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Prov 1:19Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
• Exod 23:7–8Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Ezek 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
• Lev 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
• Deut 32:18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• Matt 23:25Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
• Exod 22:25–26If 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.
• Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
• Isa 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
• Isa 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Luke 3:13“Collect no more than you are authorized,” he answered.
• Matt 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
• 1 Cor 5:11But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
• 1 Cor 6:10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
• Zeph 3:3–4Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
• 1 Tim 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
• Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”
• Jer 3:21A voice is heard on the barren heights, the children of Israel weeping and begging for mercy, because they have perverted their ways and forgotten the LORD their God.
• 1 Tim 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• Neh 5:7and 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
• Neh 5:1About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

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