Ezekiel 18:8-10
Amplified Bible
8 if he [a]does not charge interest or take a percentage of increase [on what he lends in compassion], if he keeps his hand from sin and executes true justice between man and man, 9 if he walks in My statutes and [keeps] My ordinances so as to act with integrity; [then] he is [truly] righteous and shall certainly live,” says the Lord God.(A)
10 “If he is the father of a violent son who sheds blood, and who does any of these things to a brother
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- Ezekiel 18:8 Israelites were allowed to charge interest on loans made to Gentile foreigners, but not on loans to impoverished countrymen (Deut 23:20).
Ezekiel 18:8-10
New International Version
8 He does not lend to them at interest
or take a profit from them.(A)
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
and judges fairly(B) between two parties.
9 He follows my decrees(C)
and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;(D)
he will surely live,(E)
declares the Sovereign Lord.
10 “Suppose he has a violent son, who sheds blood(F) or does any of these other things[a]
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- Ezekiel 18:10 Or things to a brother
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