Nehemiah 5:7
and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
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.
Note I consulted…: Heb. my heart consulted in me
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- I consulted with myself
- Heb. my heart consulted in me.
- Psalm 4:4; Psalm 27:8
- I rebuked
- Leviticus 19:15; 2 Chronicles 19:6, 7; Psalm 82:1–4; Proverbs 27:5; 2 Corinthians 5:16; Galatians 2:11; 1 Timothy 5:20; Titus 2:15
- Ye exact usury
- Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36; Deuteronomy 15:2, 3; Deuteronomy 23:19, 20; Deuteronomy 24:10–13; Psalm 15:1, 5; Ezekiel 22:12; Ezekiel 45:9
- I set a great assembly
- 2 Chronicles 28:9–13; Matthew 18:17