Topic
Extortion
12 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Ezekiel 22:12ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
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.
- Matthew 23:25ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
- Luke 18:11ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- 1 Corinthians 5:10ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 5:11ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
- 1 Corinthians 6:10ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
- Genesis 25:31Nave INSTANCES OF — Jacob in demanding Esau's birthright for a mess of pottage
And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
- Genesis 47:13–26Nave .Pharaoh in exacting of the Egyptians lands and persons, for corn (grain)
¶ And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of…
- Psalms 109:11Nave General scriptures concerning
Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour.
- Isaiah 16:4Nave General scriptures concerning
Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
- Micah 3:2Nave General scriptures concerning
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- Micah 3:3Nave General scriptures concerning
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
eks-tor'-shun:
This particular word occurs twice in King James Version: Eze 22:12 (`osheq), and Mt 23:25 (harpage), and indicates that one who is an extortioner is guilty of snatching away from another by strife, greed and oppression that which does not lawfully belong to him. The element of covetousness and usury is involved in the meaning of this word; for it is greedily gotten gain. The publicans were considered as being specially guilty of this sin; this is clear from the Pharisee's deprecatory remark: "I am not .... an extortioner ..... as this publican" (Lu 18:11). Paul classes extortion (pleonexia, literally, "over-reaching") among a category of the grossest crimes known to humanity (1Co 5:10,11); indeed, so grievous is it that it closes the door of heaven in the face of the one guilty of it (1Co 6:10).
William Evans
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.