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Mic. 2:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they μoppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

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or, defraud.

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they covet.

Ex. 20:17• ¹⁷Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's. (Ex. 20:17)

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1 Kings 21:2‑19• ²And Ahab spoke to Naboth saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, for it is near, by the side of my house; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; if it seem good to thee, I will give thee its value in money.
³And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to thee!
⁴And Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word that Naboth the Jizreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and ate no bread.
⁵And Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is thy spirit sullen, and thou eatest no bread?
⁶And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jizreelite and said to him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee a vineyard for it; and he said, I will not give thee my vineyard.
⁷And Jezebel his wife said to him, Dost thou now exercise sovereignty over Israel? arise, eat bread, and let thy heart be glad: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite.
⁸And she wrote a letter in Ahab's name, and sealed it with his seal, and sent the letter to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.
⁹And she wrote in the letter saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people;
¹⁰and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
¹²they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
¹³And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
¹⁴And they sent to Jezebel saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
¹⁵And it came to pass when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, which he refused to give thee for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
¹⁶And it came to pass when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jizreelite, to take possession of it.
¹⁷And the word of Jehovah came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
¹⁸Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it.
¹⁹And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him saying, Thus saith Jehovah: In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine. (1 Kings 21:2‑19)

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Job 31:38• ³⁸If my land cry out against me, and its furrows weep together; (Job 31:38)

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Isa. 5:8• ⁸Woe unto them that add house to house, that join field to field, until there is no more room, and that ye dwell yourselves alone in the midst of the land! (Isa. 5:8)

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Jer. 22:17• ¹⁷But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it. (Jer. 22:17)

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, (Amos 8:4)

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Hab. 2:5‑9• ⁵And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.
⁶Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?--and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!
⁷Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
⁸Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.
⁹Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil! (Hab. 2:5‑9)

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1 Tim. 6:10• ¹⁰For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:10)

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Mic. 3:9• ⁹Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity, (Mic. 3:9)

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Ex. 22:21‑24• ²¹Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him; for ye have been strangers in the land of Egypt.
²²Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
²³If thou afflict him in any way, if he cry at all unto me, I will certainly hear his cry;
²⁴and my anger shall burn, and I will slay you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (Ex. 22:21‑24)

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2 Kings 9:26• ²⁶Certainly I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plot, saith Jehovah. And now, take and cast him into the plot, according to the word of Jehovah. (2 Kings 9:26)

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Neh. 5:1‑5• ¹And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
²And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.
³And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth.
⁴And there were that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and vineyards;
⁵yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and behold, we must bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards. (Neh. 5:1‑5)

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Job 24:2‑12• ²They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
³They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
⁴They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
⁵Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.
⁶They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
⁷They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
⁸They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock …
⁹They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
¹⁰These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
¹¹They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
¹²Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety. (Job 24:2‑12)

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Ezek. 18:12• ¹²hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination, (Ezek. 18:12)

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Ezek. 22:12• ¹²In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:12)

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Amos 8:4• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, (Amos 8:4)

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Mal. 3:5• ⁵And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hired servant in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 3:5)

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Matt. 23:14• ¹⁴(Verse 14 is omitted in this translation.) (Matt. 23:14)

oppress.

or, defraud.

1 Sam. 12:3‑4• ³Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
⁴And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. (1 Sam. 12:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppresss a mant and his house, even a manu and his heritage.

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Or "defraud," see Ezek. 22.12.

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Geber, Job 3.3.

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Ish, Gen. 2.23.