Discovery Box| (0.31) | 2Ki 15:20 |
| Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. 1 Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land. |
| (0.31) | Ecc 5:8 |
| If you see the extortion 1 of the poor, or the perversion 2 of justice and fairness in the government, 3 do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, 4 and there are higher ones over them! 5 |
| (0.31) | Isa 16:4 |
| Please let the Moabite fugitives live 1 among you. Hide them 2 from the destroyer!” Certainly 3 the one who applies pressure will cease, 4 the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear 5 from the earth. |
| (0.31) | Isa 33:15 |
| The one who lives 1 uprightly 2 and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; 3 the one who does not plot violent crimes 4 and does not seek to harm others 5 – |
| (0.31) | Eze 22:25 |
| Her princes 1 within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows 2 within it. |
| (0.27) | Isa 58:3 |
| They lament, 1 ‘Why don’t you notice when we fast? Why don’t you pay attention when we humble ourselves?’ Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, 2 you oppress your workers. 3 |
