Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress and rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

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Amplified Bible - They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress and rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
新标点和合本 - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们看上田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压户主和他的家庭，霸占人和他的产业。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们看上田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压户主和他的家庭，霸占人和他的产业。
当代译本 - 他们贪图田地，就去霸占；想要房屋，就去抢夺。他们欺压人的全家，诈取别人的产业。
圣经新译本 - 他们要田地，就去抢夺；想要房屋，就去强取。他们欺压人和他的家眷，取人和人的产业。
现代标点和合本 - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取。他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取。他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
New International Version - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.
New International Reader's Version - If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat people out of their homes. They rob them of their property.
English Standard Version - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
New Living Translation - When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.
Christian Standard Bible - They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
New American Standard Bible - They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.
New King James Version - They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
American Standard Version - And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
King James Version - And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
New English Translation - They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
World English Bible - They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
新標點和合本 - 他們貪圖田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓人，霸佔房屋和產業。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們看上田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓戶主和他的家庭，霸佔人和他的產業。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們看上田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓戶主和他的家庭，霸佔人和他的產業。
當代譯本 - 他們貪圖田地，就去霸佔；想要房屋，就去搶奪。他們欺壓人的全家，詐取別人的產業。
聖經新譯本 - 他們要田地，就去搶奪；想要房屋，就去強取。他們欺壓人和他的家眷，取人和人的產業。
呂振中譯本 - 他們貪愛田地、就強奪，貪愛房屋、便奪取；他們欺壓人和人的家屬，搾取人和人的產業。
現代標點和合本 - 他們貪圖田地就占據，貪圖房屋便奪取。他們欺壓人，霸占房屋和產業。
文理和合譯本 - 彼貪田畝而奪之、貪第宅而取之、且虐待其人與家、而據其業、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼貪人田廬、而強據之、人與第宅、及凡所有、俱遭暴虐、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 貪田而奪之、貪宅而取之、待人以虐、待人以虐或作向人行強暴佔其室、據其業、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Codician campos, y se apropian de ellos; casas, y de ellas se adueñan. Oprimen al varón y a su familia, al hombre y a su propiedad.
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 남의 밭과 집을 빼앗고 남의 재산을 약탈하며 사람들을 괴롭히고 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и наследие отнимут.
Восточный перевод - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils convoitent des champs, ╵ils s’en emparent, des maisons, et ils s’en saisissent. Ils oppriment les gens, les dépouillant de leurs habitations ╵et de leurs terres.
リビングバイブル - その人の財産すべてなのに、人の土地や家を欲しがり、詐欺と脅しと暴力でそれを取り上げる。
Nova Versão Internacional - Cobiçam terrenos e se apoderam deles; cobiçam casas e as tomam. Fazem violência ao homem e à sua família; a ele e aos seus herdeiros.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihnen ein Stück Land gefällt, dann reißen sie es an sich; sehen sie ein schönes Haus, dann gehört es schon bald ihnen. Mit Gewalt rauben sie ganzen Familien Haus und Erbe.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi các ngươi thèm đồng ruộng nào, thì các ngươi tìm mọi cách cướp lấy. Khi các ngươi tham muốn nhà của ai, thì các ngươi dùng bạo lực tước đoạt. Các ngươi áp bức chủ nhà lẫn người nhà để cưỡng chiếm nhà cửa, sản nghiệp họ.
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1 Kings 21:2 - Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a garden of vegetables and herbs, because it is near my house. I will give you a better vineyard for it, or, if you prefer, I will give you what it is worth in money.”
1 Kings 21:3 - But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.”
1 Kings 21:4 - So Ahab [already upset by the Lord’s message] came into his house [feeling more] resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face, and would not eat any food.
1 Kings 21:5 - Then Jezebel his wife came to him and asked him, “Why is your spirit so troubled that you have not eaten?”
1 Kings 21:6 - And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ But he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”
1 Kings 21:7 - Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Get up, eat food, and let your heart rejoice; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
1 Kings 21:8 - So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
1 Kings 21:9 - Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
1 Kings 21:10 - and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
1 Kings 21:11 - So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
1 Kings 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
1 Kings 21:13 - Two worthless and unprincipled men came in and sat down opposite him; and they testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him to death.
1 Kings 21:14 - Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
1 Kings 21:15 - When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to sell you, because Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
1 Kings 21:16 - When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:17 - Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings 21:18 - “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:19 - You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession [of the victim’s property]?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick up your blood as well.” ’ ”
Micah 3:9 - Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who hate and reject justice And twist everything that is straight,
2 Kings 9:26 - ‘I certainly saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you on this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, pick him up and throw him into the property [of Naboth], in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
1 Samuel 12:3 - Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and [Saul] His anointed [if I have done someone wrong]. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes [to the truth]? [Tell me and] I will restore it to you.”
1 Samuel 12:4 - They said, “You have not exploited us or oppressed us or taken anything at all from a man’s hand.”
Malachi 3:5 - “Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
Job 24:2 - Some remove the landmarks; They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
Job 24:3 - They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 - They crowd the needy off the road; The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 24:5 - Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food; As bread for their children in the desert.
Job 24:6 - They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own], And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Job 24:7 - They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
Job 24:8 - They are wet from the rain of the mountains And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
Job 24:9 - Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Job 24:10 - They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.
Job 24:11 - Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil; They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.
Job 24:12 - From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
Habakkuk 2:5 - Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man, So that he does not stay at home. His appetite is large like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].
Habakkuk 2:6 - “Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him, And in mocking derision against him Say, ‘ Woe (judgment is coming) to him who increases that which is not his— How long [will he possess it]? And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Habakkuk 2:7 - Will your creditors not rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Then you will become plunder for them.
Habakkuk 2:8 - Because you [king of Babylon] have looted many nations, All peoples who are left will loot you— Because of human bloodshed and for the violence done to the land, To the city and all its inhabitants.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing] To set his nest on high, That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.
Job 31:38 - “For if my land has cried out against me, And its furrows weep together;
Matthew 23:13 - “But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.
Exodus 20:17 - “You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Nehemiah 5:1 - Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
Nehemiah 5:2 - For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”
Nehemiah 5:3 - There were others who were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to buy grain because of the famine.”
Nehemiah 5:4 - There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.
Nehemiah 5:5 - Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are powerless [to redeem them] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Exodus 22:21 - “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:22 - You shall not harm or oppress any widow or fatherless child.
Exodus 22:23 - If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
Exodus 22:24 - and My wrath shall be kindled and burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Ezekiel 22:12 - In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 18:12 - oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore [to the debtor] his pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols, and commits repulsive acts,
Jeremiah 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart Are only intent on your own dishonest gain, On shedding innocent blood, On oppression and extortion and violence.”
Amos 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Isaiah 5:8 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others], Until there is no more room [for others], So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - They covet fields and seize them, And houses, and take them away. They oppress and rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
新标点和合本 - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们看上田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压户主和他的家庭，霸占人和他的产业。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们看上田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取；他们欺压户主和他的家庭，霸占人和他的产业。
当代译本 - 他们贪图田地，就去霸占；想要房屋，就去抢夺。他们欺压人的全家，诈取别人的产业。
圣经新译本 - 他们要田地，就去抢夺；想要房屋，就去强取。他们欺压人和他的家眷，取人和人的产业。
现代标点和合本 - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取。他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
和合本（拼音版） - 他们贪图田地就占据，贪图房屋便夺取。他们欺压人，霸占房屋和产业。
New International Version - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob them of their inheritance.
New International Reader's Version - If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat people out of their homes. They rob them of their property.
English Standard Version - They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
New Living Translation - When you want a piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone’s house, you take it by fraud and violence. You cheat a man of his property, stealing his family’s inheritance.
Christian Standard Bible - They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
New American Standard Bible - They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.
New King James Version - They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
American Standard Version - And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
King James Version - And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
New English Translation - They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
World English Bible - They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
新標點和合本 - 他們貪圖田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓人，霸佔房屋和產業。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們看上田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓戶主和他的家庭，霸佔人和他的產業。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們看上田地就佔據，貪圖房屋便奪取；他們欺壓戶主和他的家庭，霸佔人和他的產業。
當代譯本 - 他們貪圖田地，就去霸佔；想要房屋，就去搶奪。他們欺壓人的全家，詐取別人的產業。
聖經新譯本 - 他們要田地，就去搶奪；想要房屋，就去強取。他們欺壓人和他的家眷，取人和人的產業。
呂振中譯本 - 他們貪愛田地、就強奪，貪愛房屋、便奪取；他們欺壓人和人的家屬，搾取人和人的產業。
現代標點和合本 - 他們貪圖田地就占據，貪圖房屋便奪取。他們欺壓人，霸占房屋和產業。
文理和合譯本 - 彼貪田畝而奪之、貪第宅而取之、且虐待其人與家、而據其業、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼貪人田廬、而強據之、人與第宅、及凡所有、俱遭暴虐、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 貪田而奪之、貪宅而取之、待人以虐、待人以虐或作向人行強暴佔其室、據其業、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Codician campos, y se apropian de ellos; casas, y de ellas se adueñan. Oprimen al varón y a su familia, al hombre y a su propiedad.
현대인의 성경 - 그들이 남의 밭과 집을 빼앗고 남의 재산을 약탈하며 사람들을 괴롭히고 있다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и наследие отнимут.
Восточный перевод - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Захотят чужие поля – захватят, захотят дома – отберут; обманом выживут владельца из дома и земельный надел отнимут.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ils convoitent des champs, ╵ils s’en emparent, des maisons, et ils s’en saisissent. Ils oppriment les gens, les dépouillant de leurs habitations ╵et de leurs terres.
リビングバイブル - その人の財産すべてなのに、人の土地や家を欲しがり、詐欺と脅しと暴力でそれを取り上げる。
Nova Versão Internacional - Cobiçam terrenos e se apoderam deles; cobiçam casas e as tomam. Fazem violência ao homem e à sua família; a ele e aos seus herdeiros.
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn ihnen ein Stück Land gefällt, dann reißen sie es an sich; sehen sie ein schönes Haus, dann gehört es schon bald ihnen. Mit Gewalt rauben sie ganzen Familien Haus und Erbe.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Khi các ngươi thèm đồng ruộng nào, thì các ngươi tìm mọi cách cướp lấy. Khi các ngươi tham muốn nhà của ai, thì các ngươi dùng bạo lực tước đoạt. Các ngươi áp bức chủ nhà lẫn người nhà để cưỡng chiếm nhà cửa, sản nghiệp họ.
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1 Kings 21:2 - Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that I may have it for a garden of vegetables and herbs, because it is near my house. I will give you a better vineyard for it, or, if you prefer, I will give you what it is worth in money.”
1 Kings 21:3 - But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid me that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you.”
1 Kings 21:4 - So Ahab [already upset by the Lord’s message] came into his house [feeling more] resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face, and would not eat any food.
1 Kings 21:5 - Then Jezebel his wife came to him and asked him, “Why is your spirit so troubled that you have not eaten?”
1 Kings 21:6 - And he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ But he answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’ ”
1 Kings 21:7 - Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now reign over Israel? Get up, eat food, and let your heart rejoice; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”
1 Kings 21:8 - So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.
1 Kings 21:9 - Now in the letters she wrote, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;
1 Kings 21:10 - and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
1 Kings 21:11 - So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
1 Kings 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
1 Kings 21:13 - Two worthless and unprincipled men came in and sat down opposite him; and they testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him to death.
1 Kings 21:14 - Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned to death.”
1 Kings 21:15 - When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, she said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to sell you, because Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
1 Kings 21:16 - When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:17 - Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings 21:18 - “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:19 - You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession [of the victim’s property]?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick up your blood as well.” ’ ”
Micah 3:9 - Now hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who hate and reject justice And twist everything that is straight,
2 Kings 9:26 - ‘I certainly saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you on this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, pick him up and throw him into the property [of Naboth], in accordance with the word of the Lord.”
1 Samuel 12:3 - Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and [Saul] His anointed [if I have done someone wrong]. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes [to the truth]? [Tell me and] I will restore it to you.”
1 Samuel 12:4 - They said, “You have not exploited us or oppressed us or taken anything at all from a man’s hand.”
Malachi 3:5 - “Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the Lord of hosts.
Job 24:2 - Some remove the landmarks; They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
Job 24:3 - They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 - They crowd the needy off the road; The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 24:5 - Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food; As bread for their children in the desert.
Job 24:6 - They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own], And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Job 24:7 - They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
Job 24:8 - They are wet from the rain of the mountains And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
Job 24:9 - Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Job 24:10 - They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.
Job 24:11 - Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil; They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.
Job 24:12 - From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
Habakkuk 2:5 - Moreover, wine is treacherous and betrays the arrogant man, So that he does not stay at home. His appetite is large like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples [as if he owned them].
Habakkuk 2:6 - “Will all these [victims of his greed] not take up a taunting song against him, And in mocking derision against him Say, ‘ Woe (judgment is coming) to him who increases that which is not his— How long [will he possess it]? And [woe to him who] makes himself wealthy with loans.’
Habakkuk 2:7 - Will your creditors not rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Then you will become plunder for them.
Habakkuk 2:8 - Because you [king of Babylon] have looted many nations, All peoples who are left will loot you— Because of human bloodshed and for the violence done to the land, To the city and all its inhabitants.
Habakkuk 2:9 - “Woe (judgment is coming) to him who obtains wicked gain for his house [and thinks by so doing] To set his nest on high, That he may be rescued from the hand of evil.
1 Timothy 6:10 - For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.
Job 31:38 - “For if my land has cried out against me, And its furrows weep together;
Matthew 23:13 - “But woe (judgment is coming) to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven in front of people; for you do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are [in the process of] entering to do so.
Exodus 20:17 - “You shall not covet [that is, selfishly desire and attempt to acquire] your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Nehemiah 5:1 - Now there was a great outcry of the [poorer] people and their wives against their Jewish brothers [to whom they were deeply in debt].
Nehemiah 5:2 - For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”
Nehemiah 5:3 - There were others who were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to buy grain because of the famine.”
Nehemiah 5:4 - There were also others who were saying, “We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards for the [Persian] king’s [heavy] tax.
Nehemiah 5:5 - Now our flesh (skin) is the same as that of our brothers (relatives), and our children are like their children, yet here we are forcing (selling) our sons and our daughters to be slaves; and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are powerless [to redeem them] because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
Exodus 22:21 - “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Exodus 22:22 - You shall not harm or oppress any widow or fatherless child.
Exodus 22:23 - If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
Exodus 22:24 - and My wrath shall be kindled and burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
Ezekiel 22:12 - In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [a percentage of] profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression and extortion, and you have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 18:12 - oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore [to the debtor] his pledge, but raises his eyes to the idols, and commits repulsive acts,
Jeremiah 22:17 - “But your eyes and your heart Are only intent on your own dishonest gain, On shedding innocent blood, On oppression and extortion and violence.”
Amos 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Isaiah 5:8 - Woe (judgment is coming) to those who join house to house and join field to field [to increase their holdings by depriving others], Until there is no more room [for others], So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!