Leviticus 25:14 KJV
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Thou and Ye
- thou, thy one person
- ye more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Justice EnjoinedSee the chain from Deuteronomy 16:20 · 1 link
- Oppression (1)See the chain from Exodus 23:9 · 7 links
- Duty to NeighborsSee the chain from Leviticus 19:18 · 4 links
Cross References
- Leviticus 19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
- Leviticus 25:17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
- 1 Samuel 12:3–4 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. …
- Deuteronomy 16:19–20 Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. …
- Judges 4:3 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 16:10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
- Nehemiah 9:36–37 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: …
- Job 20:19–20 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; …
- Psalms 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
- Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
- Proverbs 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
- Proverbs 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
- Proverbs 28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
- Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
- Proverbs 28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
- Isaiah 3:12–15 As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. …
- Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
- Isaiah 33:15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
- Isaiah 58:6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
- Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- Ezekiel 22:7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
- Ezekiel 22:12–13 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. …
- Amos 5:11–12 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. …
- Amos 8:4–7 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, …
- Micah 2:2–3 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. …
- Micah 6:10–12 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? …
- Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- Luke 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
- 1 Corinthians 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
- James 5:1–5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. …
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Topics
- Commerce Laws concerning Commerce
- Creditor Laws concerning Creditor
- Debtor Laws concerning Debtor
- Emancipation Of all Jewish servants at the time of jubilee
- Israel The law delivered to
- Jubilee Laws concerning Jubilee
- Sabbath Signifying a period of rest
- Sabbatic year Ordinances concerning Sabbatic year
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And if thou sell וְכִי wĕkî Conjunction תִמְכְּרוּ timkĕrû מָכַר Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- ought מִמְכָּר mimkār מִמְכָּר Noun · masculine singular
- unto thy neighbour לַעֲמִיתֶךָ laʿămîtekā עָמִית Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
- or buyest אוֹ ʾô Conjunction קָנֹה qānô קָנָה Verb · qal infinitive absolute
- of thy neighbour's עֲמִיתֶךָ ʿămîtekā עָמִית Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
- hand מִיַּד miyyad יָד Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
- ye shall not oppress אַל ʾal Negative תּוֹנוּ tônû יָנָה Verb · hiphil jussive, second person masculine plural
- one אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular
- another אֶת ʾet Object marker אָחִיו ʾāḥîw אָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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