Ezekiel 18:12

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oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

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  • Ezek 8:6 : 6 He said to me,“Son of man, do you see what they are doing– the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!”
  • Ezek 8:17 : 17 He said to me,“Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose!
  • 2 Kgs 21:11 : 11 “King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands,“Bring us more to drink!”
  • Zech 7:10 : 10 You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’
  • Ezek 18:6-7 : 6 does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not approach a woman for marital relations during her period, 7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
  • Hos 12:7 : 7 The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.
  • 2 Kgs 23:13 : 13 The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom.
  • Isa 59:6-7 : 6 Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes. 7 They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
  • Jer 22:17 : 17 But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
  • Lev 18:22 : 22 You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.
  • Lev 18:26-30 : 26 You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst, 27 for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean. 28 So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you. 29 For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people. 30 You must obey my charge not to practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.’”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 18:13-18
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    13engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

    14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

    15He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

    17refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

    18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Ezek 18:5-8
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    5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

    6does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife, does not approach a woman for marital relations during her period,

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

    8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

  • Ezek 18:10-11
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    10“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

    11(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

  • Ezek 22:11-13
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    11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

    12They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    13“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

  • Job 20:18-19
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    18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Ezek 22:29
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    29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the resident foreigner and denied them justice.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

  • Hos 12:7
    74%

    7The Lord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of Innocence The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

  • Ezek 17:18
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    18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note– he gave his promise and did all these things– he will not escape!

  • Amos 2:7-8
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    7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

    8They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

  • Ezek 22:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

    8You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths!

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Mic 2:2
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    2They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

    12Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

  • Prov 28:8
    72%

    8The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Jer 22:13
    72%

    13Judgment on Jehoiakim“‘Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

  • Job 22:6
    72%

    6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

  • Lev 6:2-4
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    72%

    2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,

    3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

    4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.

  • Deut 25:16
    71%

    16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster.

  • Ezek 33:15
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    15He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live– he will not die.

  • Lev 18:27
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    27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

  • Prov 22:22-23
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    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Ezek 18:24
    71%

    24“But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die.

  • Deut 24:12
    71%

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

  • Hos 4:2
    70%

    2There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.

  • Jer 7:6
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    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.