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Ezekiel 22:12

Ezekiel chapter 22 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Context

v.11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

v.12This passage

v.13Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 23:7

    Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Proverbs 1:19

    So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Isaiah 56:11

    Yea, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds that cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.

  • Psalms 15:5

    He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

  • Ezekiel 18:8

    he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

  • Luke 3:13

    And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.