hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
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hasn’t wronged any, hasn’t taken anything to pledge, hasn’t taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
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Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
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neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Cross-references (11)
Passages linked to Ezekiel 18:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 18:7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- Job 22:7 You haven’t given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 31:19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;
- Psalms 41:1 Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
- Proverbs 22:9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
- Proverbs 25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;
- Proverbs 31:20 She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
- Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yes, even to eight; for you don’t know what evil will be on the earth.
- Isaiah 58:7-10 Isn’t it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light will break out as the morning, and your healing will appear quickly; then your righteousness shall go before you, and Yahweh’s glory will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly; and if you pour out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will rise in darkness, and your obscurity will be as the noonday;
- Luke 11:41 But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
- Luke 14:13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Eze 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden…
Eze 18:16 Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, [but] hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Ver. 16. See on Eze 18:7.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These two verses are explained already in the same…
These two verses are explained already in the same words: see Eze 18:6,7.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain That hath taken off his hand from the poor,....…
That hath taken off his hand from the poor,.... When he perceived it lay heavy upon him, withdrew it from hurting him, and forbore to do it when it was in his power, and perhaps eased him of the hardships his father had laid upon him; which was very kind and humane:
that hath not received usury nor increase; See Gill on Eze 18:8;
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hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; had not only negative, but positive holiness: not only abstained from things sinful, but did that which was just and right, both with respect to God and man; observed the worship of God, and did justice to mankind:
he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; or be punished for his father's sins, with sword, famine, pestilence, or captivity; shall not die a corporeal death, and much less eternal death, on that account:
he shall surely live; in his own land, and in the enjoyment of the good things of life; and having the grace and fear of God, and acting from gracious principles, with a view to the glory of God, he shall live eternally, though the son of a wicked man.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 16. Withholden the pledge — Rather, taken in pledge.…
16. Withholden the pledge — Rather, taken in pledge. (Compare Eze_18:7.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. withholden the pledge] taken aught to pledge, as…
16. withholden the pledge] taken aught to pledge, as R.V.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues to speak about the son who does not commit the same sins as his father.
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interest
This word refers to the money paid by a person to use borrowed money. However, some modern versions interpret "interest" in this passage as "too much interest."
walks according to my statutes
Yahweh speaks of obeying his statutes as if his statutes were a path in which the person walks. AT: "obeys my statutes" (See: Metaphor)
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oppress
seize
pledge
just
profit
decree
walk
statute
die
ancestor
sin
life
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