Ezekiel 18:7 Cross References

Ezekiel 18:7

7: Suppose he is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given in pledge by poor debtors, and does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for people in need.

Ezekiel 18:16

  1. and does not exploit the poor, but instead is fair to debtors and does not rob them. And suppose this son feeds the hungry, provides clothes for the needy,

Exodus 22:26

  1. If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge of repayment, you must return it by nightfall.

Ezekiel 18:12

  1. oppresses the poor and helpless, steals from debtors by refusing to let them redeem what they have given in pledge, worships idols and takes part in loathsome practices,

Ezekiel 33:15

  1. For instance, they might give back a borrower's pledge, return what they have stolen, and obey my life-giving laws, no longer doing what is evil. If they do this, then they will surely live and not die.

Deuteronomy 24:12

  1. If your neighbor is poor and has only a cloak to give as security, do not keep the cloak overnight.
  2. Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so your neighbor can sleep in it and bless you. And the LORD your God will count it as a righteous act.

Luke 3:11

  1. John replied, "If you have two coats, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry."

Amos 3:10

  1. "My people have forgotten what it means to do right," says the LORD. "Their fortresses are filled with wealth taken by theft and violence.

Amos 2:8

  1. At their religious festivals, they lounge around in clothing stolen from their debtors. In the house of their god, they present offerings of wine purchased with stolen money.

Ezekiel 18:18

  1. But the father will die for the many sins he committed--for being cruel and robbing close relatives, doing what was clearly wrong among his people.

Matthew 25:34

  1. Then the King will say to those on the right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
  2. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
  3. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.'
  4. "Then these righteous ones will reply, 'Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink?
  5. Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing?

Isaiah 33:15

  1. The ones who can live here are those who are honest and fair, who reject making a profit by fraud, who stay far away from bribes, who refuse to listen to those who plot murder, who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong.

Deuteronomy 15:7

  1. "But if there are any poor people in your towns when you arrive in the land the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward them.
  2. Instead, be generous and lend them whatever they need.
  3. Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year of release is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the LORD, you will be considered guilty of sin.
  4. Give freely without begrudging it, and the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.
  5. There will always be some among you who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share your resources freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.

Ezekiel 7:23

  1. "Prepare chains for my people, for the land is bloodied by terrible crimes. Jerusalem is filled with violence.

Jeremiah 7:6

  1. and if you stop exploiting foreigners, orphans, and widows; and if you stop your murdering; and if you stop worshiping idols as you now do to your own harm.
  2. Then I will let you stay in this land that I gave to your ancestors to keep forever.

Psalms 112:9

  1. They give generously to those in need. Their good deeds will never be forgotten. They will have influence and honor.

Micah 2:1

  1. How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry out any of the wicked schemes you have power to accomplish.

Job 24:9

  1. "The wicked snatch a widow's child from her breast; they take the baby as a pledge for a loan.

Genesis 6:11

  1. Now the earth had become corrupt in God's sight, and it was filled with violence.
  2. God observed all this corruption in the world, and he saw violence and depravity everywhere.

James 5:1

  1. Look here, you rich people, weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.
  2. Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
  3. Your gold and silver have become worthless. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh in hell. This treasure you have accumulated will stand as evidence against you on the day of judgment.
  4. For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The wages you held back cry out against you. The cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
  5. You have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every whim. Now your hearts are nice and fat, ready for the slaughter.

Jeremiah 22:3

  1. This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!

Proverbs 3:31

  1. Do not envy violent people; don't copy their ways.

Isaiah 1:17

  1. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the orphan. Fight for the rights of widows.

Isaiah 59:6

  1. They cheat and shortchange everyone. Nothing they do is productive; all their activity is filled with sin. Violence is their trademark.
  2. Their feet run to do evil, and they rush to commit murder. They think only about sinning. Wherever they go, misery and destruction follow them.

Amos 8:4

  1. Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!
  2. You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.
  3. And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.

Amos 5:11

  1. You trample the poor and steal what little they have through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, you will never live in the beautiful stone houses you are building. You will never drink wine from the lush vineyards you are planting.
  2. For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

James 2:13

  1. For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
  2. Dear brothers and sisters, what's the use of saying you have faith if you don't prove it by your actions? That kind of faith can't save anyone.
  3. Suppose you see a brother or sister who needs food or clothing,
  4. and you say, "Well, good-bye and God bless you; stay warm and eat well"--but then you don't give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
  5. So you see, it isn't enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn't show itself by good deeds is no faith at all--it is dead and useless.

Ezekiel 22:27

  1. Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
  2. And your prophets announce false visions and speak false messages. They say, `My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them. They repair cracked walls with whitewash!
  3. Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.

Zechariah 7:9

  1. "This is what the LORD Almighty says: Judge fairly and honestly, and show mercy and kindness to one another.
  2. Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And do not make evil plans to harm each other.
  3. "Your ancestors would not listen to this message. They turned stubbornly away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.

Malachi 3:5

  1. At that time I will put you on trial. I will be a ready witness against all sorcerers and adulterers and liars. I will speak against those who cheat employees of their wages, who oppress widows and orphans, or who deprive the foreigners living among you of justice, for these people do not fear me," says the LORD Almighty.

Proverbs 28:8

  1. A person who makes money by charging interest will lose it. It will end up in the hands of someone who is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 14:31

  1. Those who oppress the poor insult their Maker, but those who help the poor honor him.

Ezekiel 22:12

  1. There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.
  2. "But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

Psalms 41:1

  1. Oh, the joys of those who are kind to the poor. The LORD rescues them in times of trouble.

Proverbs 22:22

  1. Do not rob the poor because they are poor or exploit the needy in court.
  2. For the LORD is their defender. He will injure anyone who injures them.

1 John 3:16

  1. We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.
  2. But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help--how can God's love be in that person?
  3. Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.
  4. It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord,

Exodus 22:21

  1. "Do not oppress foreigners in any way. Remember, you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  2. "Do not exploit widows or orphans.
  3. If you do and they cry out to me, then I will surely help them.
  4. My anger will blaze forth against you, and I will kill you with the sword. Your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.

Job 24:3

  1. and they even take donkeys from the poor and fatherless. A poor widow must surrender her valuable ox as collateral for a loan.

Isaiah 58:6

  1. "No, the kind of fasting I want calls you to free those who are wrongly imprisoned and to stop oppressing those who work for you. Treat them fairly and give them what they earn.
  2. I want you to share your food with the hungry and to welcome poor wanderers into your homes. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
  3. "If you do these things, your salvation will come like the dawn. Yes, your healing will come quickly. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
  4. Then when you call, the LORD will answer. `Yes, I am here,' he will quickly reply. "Stop oppressing the helpless and stop making false accusations and spreading vicious rumors!
  5. Feed the hungry and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as day.

Isaiah 5:7

  1. This is the story of the LORD's people. They are the vineyard of the LORD Almighty. Israel and Judah are his pleasant garden. He expected them to yield a crop of justice, but instead he found bloodshed. He expected to find righteousness, but instead he heard cries of oppression.

Job 22:6

  1. "For example, you must have lent money to your friend and then kept the clothing he gave you as a pledge. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.

Exodus 23:9

  1. "Do not oppress the foreigners living among you. You know what it is like to be a foreigner. Remember your own experience in the land of Egypt.

Proverbs 11:24

  1. It is possible to give freely and become more wealthy, but those who are stingy will lose everything.
  2. The generous prosper and are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

Psalms 112:4

  1. When darkness overtakes the godly, light will come bursting in. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.

Proverbs 28:27

  1. Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing. But a curse will come upon those who close their eyes to poverty.

2 Corinthians 9:6

  1. Remember this--a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
  2. You must each make up your own mind as to how much you should give. Don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For God loves the person who gives cheerfully.
  3. And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others.
  4. As the Scriptures say, "Godly people give generously to the poor. Their good deeds will never be forgotten."
  5. For God is the one who gives seed to the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will give you many opportunities to do good, and he will produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

Leviticus 25:14

  1. "When you make an agreement with a neighbor to buy or sell property, you must never take advantage of each other.

Zephaniah 1:9

  1. Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who steal and kill to fill their masters' homes with loot.

Deuteronomy 24:17

  1. "True justice must be given to foreigners living among you and to orphans, and you must never accept a widow's garment in pledge of her debt.

1 Samuel 12:3

  1. Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."
  2. "No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

Leviticus 19:15

  1. "Always judge your neighbors fairly, neither favoring the poor nor showing deference to the rich.

Jeremiah 22:16

  1. He made sure that justice and help were given to the poor and needy, and everything went well for him. Isn't that what it means to know me?" asks the LORD.
  2. "But you! You are full of selfish greed and dishonesty! You murder the innocent, oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly."

2 Corinthians 8:7

  1. Since you excel in so many ways--you have so much faith, such gifted speakers, such knowledge, such enthusiasm, and such love for us--now I want you to excel also in this gracious ministry of giving.
  2. I am not saying you must do it, even though the other churches are eager to do it. This is one way to prove your love is real.
  3. You know how full of love and kindness our Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was very rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty he could make you rich.

Job 31:13

  1. "If I have been unfair to my male or female servants, if I have refused to hear their complaints,
  2. how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me about it?
  3. For God created both me and my servants. He created us both.
  4. "Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows who looked to me for help?
  5. Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with hungry orphans?

Amos 6:3

  1. You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

Micah 3:2

  1. but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.

Amos 2:6

  1. This is what the LORD says: "The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not forget it. I will not let them go unpunished any longer! They have perverted justice by selling honest people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.
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