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Leviticus 25

Lev. 25:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And if thou sell
makar (Hebrew #4376)
to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)
KJV usage: X at all, sell (away, -er, self).
Pronounce: maw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
ought
mimkar (Hebrew #4465)
merchandise; abstractly, a selling
KJV usage: X ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware.
Pronounce: mim-kawr'
Origin: from 4376
unto thy neighbor
`amiyth (Hebrew #5997)
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
KJV usage: another, fellow, neighbour.
Pronounce: aw-meeth'
Origin: from a primitive root meaning to associate
, or buyest
qanah (Hebrew #7069)
to erect, i.e. create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
KJV usage: attain, buy(-er), teach to keep cattle, get, provoke to jealousy, possess(-or), purchase, recover, redeem, X surely, X verily.
Pronounce: kaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
ought of thy neighbor’s
`amiyth (Hebrew #5997)
companionship; hence (concretely) a comrade or kindred man
KJV usage: another, fellow, neighbour.
Pronounce: aw-meeth'
Origin: from a primitive root meaning to associate
hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
, yeq shall not oppress
yanah (Hebrew #3238)
to rage or be violent: by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Pronounce: yaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
another
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
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Lev. 25:17• 17And ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 25:17)
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Lev. 19:13• 13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (Lev. 19:13)
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Mic. 2:2‑3• 2And 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.
 3Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time. (Mic. 2:2‑3)
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1 Cor. 6:8• 8But ye do wrong and defraud, and this brethren. (1 Cor. 6:8)

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Lev. 25:17• 17And ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt fear thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 25:17)
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Lev. 19:13• 13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him. The wages of the hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (Lev. 19:13)
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Deut. 16:19‑20• 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
 20Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 16:19‑20)
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Judg. 4:3• 3And the children of Israel cried unto Jehovah: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. (Judg. 4:3)
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1 Sam. 12:3‑4• 3Here I am: testify against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I injured? or of whose hand have I received any ransom and blinded mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it to you.
 4And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, and thou hast not injured us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. (1 Sam. 12:3‑4)
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2 Chron. 16:10• 10And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. (2 Chron. 16:10)
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Neh. 9:36‑37• 36Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.
 37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress. (Neh. 9:36‑37)
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Job 20:19‑20• 19For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not;
 20For he knew no rest in his belly;{HR}He shall not escape with his desirable thing, (Job 20:19‑20)
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Psa. 10:18• 18To judge the orphan and the oppressed:{HR}He shall continue no more to terrify man from the earth. (Psa. 10:18)
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Prov. 14:31• 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)
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Prov. 21:13• 13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,{HR}He also shall cry, and not be heard. (Prov. 21:13)
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Prov. 22:16• 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only to want. (Prov. 22:16)
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Prov. 28:3,8,16• 3A poor man who oppresseth the helpless{HR}Is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
 8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance{HR}Gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
 16The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor:{HR}He that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days. (Prov. 28:3,8,16)
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Eccl. 5:8• 8If thou seest the oppression of the poor,{HR}And the violent taking away of judgment{HR}And justice in a province,{HR}Marvel not at the matter:{HR}For one higher than the high regardeth;{HR}And there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)
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Isa. 1:17• 17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. (Isa. 1:17)
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Isa. 3:12‑15• 12[As for] my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that lead thee mislead [thee], and destroy the way of thy paths.
 13Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
 14Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof, [saying,] It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor [is] in your houses.
 15What mean ye [that] ye crush my people and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 3:12‑15)
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Isa. 5:7• 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:7)
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Isa. 33:15• 15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil: (Isa. 33:15)
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Isa. 58:6• 6[Is] not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the thongs of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? (Isa. 58:6)
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Jer. 22:17• 17But 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. (Jer. 22:17)
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Ezek. 22:7,12‑13• 7In thee have they made light of 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.
 12In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
 13Therefore, behold, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. (Ezek. 22:7,12‑13)
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Amos 5:11‑12• 11Forasmuch 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.
 12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. (Amos 5:11‑12)
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Amos 8:4‑7• 4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
 5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
 6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
 7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works. (Amos 8:4‑7)
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Mic. 2:2‑3• 2And 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.
 3Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time. (Mic. 2:2‑3)
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Mic. 6:10‑12• 10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abominable?
 11Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
 12For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (Mic. 6:10‑12)
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Mic. 7:3• 3Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:3)
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Luke 3:14• 14And the soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely; and be content with your pay. (Luke 3:14)
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1 Cor. 6:8• 8But ye do wrong and defraud, and this brethren. (1 Cor. 6:8)
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James 5:1‑5• 1Come then, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on.
 2Your wealth is corrupted, and your garments are become moth-eaten.
 3Your gold and [your] silver are rusted through, and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye laid up treasure in [the] last days.
 4Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts.
 5Ye lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. (James 5:1‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And if ye sell ought unto your neighbour, or buy of your neighbour’s hand, ye shall not overreach one anotherc.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "a man shall not overreach his brother."

W. Kelly Translation

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And if thou sell aught to thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not overreach one another.