Ezekiel 18:8 (WEB)
he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
Catechism · 1
The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words." God revealed these "ten words" to his people
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…this the following words of Ezekiel, in which He says of the before-mentioned just man, “He hath not given his money upon usury, nor will he take any increase”—meaning the redundance of interest, which is usury.” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 8. [Huet, Règne Social, etc., p. 334. Paris, 1858.]
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Clement of Alexandria
“He shall surely live, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4–9.
Read the whole comment“…and his neighbour; will walk in my ordinances, and keep my commandments, so as to do the truth; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith Adonai the Lord.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 4–9.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Ezekiel: “But the man who will be righteous, shall not oppress a man, and shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall not commit rapine, and shall give his bread to the hungry, and shall cover the naked, and shall not give his money for usury.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xviii. 7, 8.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.49.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.49.