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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgottenp me, saith the Lord God.

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Deut. 32:18• ¹⁸Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. (Deut. 32:18)

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taken gifts.

Ex. 23:7‑8• ⁷Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
⁸And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:7‑8)

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Deut. 16:19• ¹⁹Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. (Deut. 16:19)

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Deut. 27:25• ²⁵Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. (Deut. 27:25)

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Isa. 1:23• ²³Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. (Isa. 1:23)

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Mic. 7:2‑3• ²The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
³That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. (Mic. 7:2‑3)

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Zeph. 3:3‑4• ³Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
⁴Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. (Zeph. 3:3‑4)

thou hast.

Ezek. 18:8,13• ⁸He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
¹³Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. (Ezek. 18:8,13)

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Ex. 22:25‑26• ²⁵If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
²⁶If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: (Ex. 22:25‑26)

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Lev. 25:35‑36• ³⁵And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
³⁶Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. (Lev. 25:35‑36)

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Deut. 23:19• ¹⁹Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: (Deut. 23:19)

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Neh. 5:1,7• ¹And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
⁷Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. (Neh. 5:1,7)

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Psa. 15:5• ⁵He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. (Psa. 15:5)

greedily.

Prov. 1:19• ¹⁹So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. (Prov. 1:19)

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Isa. 56:11• ¹¹Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. (Isa. 56:11)

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Matt. 23:14,25• ¹⁴Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
²⁵Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. (Matt. 23:14,25)

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Luke 3:13• ¹³And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Luke 3:13)

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Luke 18:11• ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. (Luke 18:11)

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Luke 19:8• ⁸And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. (Luke 19:8)

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1 Cor. 5:11• ¹¹But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. (1 Cor. 5:11)

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1 Cor. 6:10• ¹⁰Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Cor. 6:10)

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1 Tim. 3:3• ³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; (1 Tim. 3:3)

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1 Tim. 6:9‑10• ⁹But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
¹⁰For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)

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James 5:1‑4• ¹Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
²Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
³Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
⁴Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:1‑4)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

and hast.

Ezek. 23:35• ³⁵Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. (Ezek. 23:35)

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Deut. 32:18• ¹⁸Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. (Deut. 32:18)

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Psa. 106:21• ²¹They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; (Psa. 106:21)

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Jer. 2:32• ³²Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. (Jer. 2:32)

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Jer. 3:21• ²¹A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. (Jer. 3:21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreachedc thy neighbours by oppressionb, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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c

Or "got dishonest gain from." see ver. 27, "dishonest gain."

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Or "exaction." so ver. 29.