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Ezekiel 20:11
I gave them my decrees and made known to them my laws, by which the person who obeys them will live. (niv)
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Luke 19:8
But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord,“ Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.” (niv)
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Exodus 22:1-4
“ Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.“ If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed;but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.“ Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession— whether ox or donkey or sheep— they must pay back double. (niv)
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Leviticus 6:2-5
“ If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the Lord by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor,or if they find lost property and lie about it, or if they swear falsely about any such sin that people may commit—when they sin in any of these ways and realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found,or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:7
He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked. (niv)
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Leviticus 18:5
Keep my decrees and laws, for the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord. (niv)
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Luke 1:6
Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. (niv)
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Ezekiel 20:13
“‘ Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws— by which the person who obeys them will live— and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 24:17
Do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, or take the cloak of the widow as a pledge. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 24:10-13
When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not go into their house to get what is offered to you as a pledge.Stay outside and let the neighbor to whom you are making the loan bring the pledge out to you.If the neighbor is poor, do not go to sleep with their pledge in your possession.Return their cloak by sunset so that your neighbor may sleep in it. Then they will thank you, and it will be regarded as a righteous act in the sight of the Lord your God. (niv)
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Job 24:3
They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge. (niv)
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Exodus 22:26-27
If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, return it by sunset,because that cloak is the only covering your neighbor has. What else can they sleep in? When they cry out to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate. (niv)
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Job 24:9
The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt. (niv)
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Job 22:6
You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked. (niv)
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Ezekiel 20:21
“‘ But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said,“ The person who obeys them will live by them,” and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. (niv)
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Revelation 22:12-14
“ Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done.I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.“ Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. (niv)
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Psalms 119:93
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life. (niv)
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Numbers 5:6-8
“ Say to the Israelites:‘ Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guiltyand must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.But if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:27-28
But if a wicked person turns away from the wickedness they have committed and does what is just and right, they will save their life.Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, that person will surely live; they will not die. (niv)
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Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:12
He oppresses the poor and needy. He commits robbery. He does not return what he took in pledge. He looks to the idols. He does detestable things. (niv)
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Ezekiel 18:16
He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked. (niv)
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Deuteronomy 24:6
Do not take a pair of millstones— not even the upper one— as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person’s livelihood as security. (niv)