Psalms 15:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.

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  • Exod 22:25 : 25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
  • Deut 23:19-20 : 19 Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have: 20 From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 What will you give me, if I give him up to you? And the price was fixed at thirty bits of silver.
  • Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin. 8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.
  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you. 36 Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you. 37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas. 23 Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass; 24 For after looking at himself he goes away, and in a short time he has no memory of what he was like. 25 But he who goes on looking into the true law which makes him free, being not a hearer without memory but a doer putting it into effect, this man will have a blessing on his acts.
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 Again, when the evil-doer, turning away from the evil he has done, does what is ordered and right, he will have life for his soul.
  • Matt 27:3-5 : 3 Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority, 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business. 5 And he put down the silver in the Temple and went out, and put himself to death by hanging.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
  • Matt 7:21-25 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will go into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the pleasure of my Father in heaven. 22 A great number will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, were we not prophets in your name, and did we not by your name send out evil spirits, and by your name do works of power? 23 And then will I say to them, I never had knowledge of you: go from me, you workers of evil. 24 Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock; 25 And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.
  • Neh 5:2-5 : 2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs. 3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need. 4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes. 5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.
  • Neh 5:7-9 : 7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest. 8 And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word. 9 And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us? 10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing. 11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them. 12 Then they said, We will give them back, and take nothing for them; we will do as you say. Then I sent for the priests and made them take an oath that they would keep this agreement. 13 And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.
  • Ps 112:6 : 6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.
  • Prov 12:3 : 3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

    8 And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

  • Exod 22:25
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    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Ps 112:5-7
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    5 All is well for the man who is kind and gives freely to others; he will make good his cause when he is judged.

    6 He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

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  • Ps 15:1-4
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    3 Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

    4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15 He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

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    12 Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,

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    6 He has said in his heart, I will not be moved: through all generations I will never be in trouble.

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    22 Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

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    36 Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

    37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

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    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

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    17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

    22 Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20 A man of good faith will have great blessing, but one attempting to get wealth quickly will not go free from punishment.

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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

  • Deut 23:19
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    19 Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

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    10 Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

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    25 I have been young, and now am old, but I have not seen the good man without help, or his children looking for bread.

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    26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

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    27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

  • Ps 125:3-4
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    3 For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.

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    3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

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    28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.

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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 37:33
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    33 The Lord will not give him into their hands, or be against him when he is judged.

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    15 For a sign that the Lord is upright; he is my Rock, there is no deceit in him.

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    6 When things went well for me I said, I will never be moved.

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    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work;

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    3 No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Deut 24:12
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    12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

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    3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.