Nehemiah 5:7

Overview - Nehemiah 5
The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage.
Nehemiah rebukes the usurers, and causes them to make a covenant of restitution.
14 He forbears his own allowance, and keeps hospitality.
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Nehemiah 5:7  (King James Version)
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.
 


I consulted with myself
Hebrew my heart consulted in me.
Psalms 4:4 ; 27:8

I rebuked
Leviticus 19:15 ; 2 Chronicles 19:6 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; Psalms 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 Deuteronomy 15:3 ; Deuteronomy 23:19 Deuteronomy 23:20 24:10-13 Psalms 15:1 Psalms 15:5
Ezekiel 22:12 ; 45:9

I set a great assembly
2 Chronicles 28:9-13 ; Matthew 18:17