Exodus 22:25

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not your brother interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

Cursed is the day in which I was born. Don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?” He said, “Yes, I know it. Hold your peace.”

Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. It is also not in our power to help it, because other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.

Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the middle of his days, they will leave him. At his end, he will be a fool.

then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and doesn’t heed the warning, if the sword comes, and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,

When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore you also bear your lewdness and your prostitution.’ ”

Ephraim has bitterly provoked anger. Therefore his blood will be left on him, and his Lord will repay his contempt.

and said, “What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?” They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.

If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men which fear God: men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am Yahweh your God.

“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

after he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brothers may redeem him;

He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”

For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

he may prepare it, but the just will put it on, and the innocent will divide the silver.

I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

For he will never be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.

A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

He who walks righteously and speaks blamelessly, he who despises the gain of oppressions, who gestures with his hands, refusing to take a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil—

‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you don’t see? Why have we afflicted our soul, and you don’t notice?’ “Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and oppress all your laborers.

I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he will save his soul alive.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

Of a foreigner you may require it; but whatever of yours is with your brother, your hand shall release.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’