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Neh 5:7 — Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I consulted with myself		Heb. my heart consulted in me. Psa 4:4; Psa 27:8
I rebuked		Lev 19:15; 2Ch 19:6,7; Psa 82:1-4; Pro 27:5; 2Cr 5:16; Gal 2:11; 1Ti 5:20; Tts 2:15
Ye exact usury		Exd 22:25; Lev 25:36; Deu 15:2,3; Deu 23:19,20; Deu 24:10-13; Psa 15:1,5; Eze 22:12; Eze 45:9
I set a great assembly		2Ch 28:9-13; Mat 18:17

Correlating Passages

I consulted with myself

	Psa 4:4	Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
	Psa 27:8	[When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

I rebuked

	Lev 19:15	Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
	2Ch 19:6	And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.
	2Ch 19:7	Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
	Psa 82:1	[[A Psalm of Asaph.]] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
	Psa 82:2	How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
	Psa 82:3	Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
	Psa 82:4	Deliver the poor and needy: rid [them] out of the hand of the wicked.
	Pro 27:5	Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
	2Cr 5:16	Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we [him] no more.
	Gal 2:11	But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
	1Ti 5:20	Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
	Tts 2:15	These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Ye exact usury

	Exd 22:25	If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
	Lev 25:36	Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
	Deu 15:2	And this [is] the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth [ought] unto his neighbour shall release [it]; he shall not exact [it] of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.
	Deu 15:3	Of a foreigner thou mayest exact [it again]: but [that] which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
	Deu 23:19	Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
	Deu 23:20	Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
	Deu 24:10	When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
	Deu 24:11	Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
	Deu 24:12	And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
	Deu 24:13	In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
	Psa 15:1	[[A Psalm of David.]] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
	Psa 15:5	[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.
	Eze 22:12	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.
	Eze 45:9	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

I set a great assembly

	2Ch 28:9	But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name [was] Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage [that] reacheth up unto heaven.
	2Ch 28:10	And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
	2Ch 28:11	Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD [is] upon you.
	2Ch 28:12	Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war,
	2Ch 28:13	And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD [already], ye intend to add [more] to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and [there is] fierce wrath against Israel.
	Mat 18:17	And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

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