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It is considered a grievous sin, as it violates the principles of justice, fairness, and love that are central to Christian ethics. The act of extortion is condemned throughout Scripture as it exploits the vulnerable and undermines the moral fabric of society. Biblical References: 1. Old Testament: · In the Mosaic Law, extortion is implicitly condemned through various statutes that promote justice and protect the poor and vulnerable. <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Leviticus 19:13</a> states, "You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. The wages due a hired hand must not remain with you until morning." This command underscores the importance of fair dealings and the prohibition of exploiting others for personal gain. · The prophets frequently denounced extortion as a symptom of societal corruption. <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a> highlights this, saying, "In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and excessive interest; you make unjust gain of your neighbors by extortion. And you have forgotten Me, declares the Lord GOD." 2. New Testament: · Jesus Christ addressed the issue of extortion in His teachings, emphasizing the need for integrity and righteousness. In <a href="/luke/18-11.htm">Luke 18:11</a> , the Pharisee's prayer reveals a self-righteous attitude, "The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.’" Here, extortion is equated with other serious sins, highlighting its moral gravity. · The apostle Paul also speaks against extortion in his epistles. In <a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a> , he lists extortioners among those who "will not inherit the kingdom of God." This warning serves as a stark reminder of the spiritual consequences of such actions. Moral and Ethical Implications: Extortion is fundamentally opposed to the Christian virtues of love, honesty, and justice. It reflects a heart that prioritizes personal gain over the well-being of others, contrary to the selfless love exemplified by Christ. The Bible calls believers to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God (<a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>), which inherently rejects any form of exploitation or coercion. Practical Considerations: Christians are encouraged to examine their own lives and business practices to ensure they are free from any form of extortion or unethical behavior. The call to be "salt and light" (<a href="/matthew/5-13.htm">Matthew 5:13-16</a>) in the world includes upholding justice and integrity in all dealings. Believers are also urged to advocate for the oppressed and to work towards systems that protect the vulnerable from exploitation. Conclusion: While the Bible does not provide an exhaustive legal code against extortion, its teachings clearly denounce the practice as contrary to God's will. The consistent biblical message is one of justice, mercy, and love, urging believers to reflect these values in their interactions with others.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) The practice of wresting anything by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge.2. (n.) The offense committed by an officer who corruptly claims and takes, as his fee, money, or other thing of value, that is not due, or more than is due, or before it is due.3. (n.) That which is extorted or exacted by force.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>EXTORTIONeks-tor'-shun: This particular word occurs twice in King James Version: <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a> (`osheq), and <a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a> (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" (<a href="/luke/18-11.htm">Luke 18:11</a>). Paul classes extortion (pleonexia, literally, "over-reaching") among a category of the grossest crimes known to humanity (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-10.htm">1 Corinthians 5:10, 11</a>); indeed, so grievous is it that it closes the door of heaven in the face of the one guilty of it (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-10.htm">1 Corinthians 6:10</a>). William Evans<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/724.htm">724. harpage -- pillage, plundering</a> ... extortion, robbery. From harpazo; pillage (properly abstract) -- extortion, ravening, spoiling. see GREEK harpazo. (arpagen) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/724.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/727.htm">727. harpax -- rapacious</a> ... ravenous. From harpazo; rapacious -- extortion, ravening. see GREEK harpazo. (arpages) -- 3 Occurrences. (arpax) -- 1 Occurrence. (arpaxin) -- 1 Occurrence. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/727.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4124.htm">4124. pleonexia -- advantage, covetousness</a> ... covetousness, greediness. From pleonektes; avarice, ie (by implication) fraudulency, extortion -- covetous(-ness) practices, greediness. see GREEK pleonektes. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4124.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6233.htm">6233. osheq -- oppression, extortion</a> ... oppression, extortion. Transliteration: osheq Phonetic Spelling: (o'-shek) Short Definition: oppression. ... cruelly, extortion, oppression, thing deceitfully gotten ... /hebrew/6233.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6217.htm">6217. ashuqim -- oppression, extortion</a> ... 6216, 6217. ashuqim. 6218 . oppression, extortion. Transliteration: ashuqim Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shook') Short Definition: oppressions. ... /hebrew/6217.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4835.htm">4835. merutsah -- a crushing, an oppression</a> ... merutsah or merutsah. 4836 . a crushing, an oppression. Transliteration: merutsah or merutsah Phonetic Spelling: (mer-oo-tsaw') Short Definition: extortion. ... /hebrew/4835.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2557.htm">2557. chamets -- that which is leavened</a> ... leaven, leavened bread. From chamets; ferment, (figuratively) extortion -- leaven, leavened (bread). see HEBREW chamets. 2556c, 2557. chamets. 2558 . ... /hebrew/2557.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_54_a_rebuke_against.htm">A Rebuke against Extortion</a> ... After the Exile Chapter 54 A Rebuke Against Extortion. ... He is not to imitate its sharp practices, its overreaching, its extortion. ... /.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 54 a rebuke against.htm<a href="/library/augustine/handbook_on_faith_hope_and_love/chapter_xx_spiritual_almsgiving.htm">Spiritual Almsgiving</a> ... But the Lord said to him: 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but within you are still full of extortion and wickedness. ... /.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xx spiritual almsgiving.htm<a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_23_seemingly_from_the.htm">Seemingly from the Dawn of Man all Nations have had Governments...</a> ... modern of countries, America, has introduced with a vague savor of science, a method which it calls "the third degree." This is simply the extortion of secrets ... /.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 23 seemingly from the.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_epistles_of_paul_to_the_corinthians/homily_xix_2_cor_ix.htm">2 Cor. Ix. 1</a> ... therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would make up beforehand this your bounty, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty and not of extortion ... /.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xix 2 cor ix.htm<a href="/library/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_8_the_eighth_commandment.htm">The Eighth Commandment</a> ... 6. (6) The usurer, who takes by extortion from others. He ... restitution. Luke 19:8. He thought all he got by extortion was theft. (7 ... /.../watson/the ten commandments/2 8 the eighth commandment.htm<a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_61_zacchaeus.htm">Zacchaeus</a> ... His rank and wealth were the reward of a calling they abhorred, and which was regarded as another name for injustice and extortion. ... //christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 61 zacchaeus.htm<a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/cx_jesus_last_public_discourse.htm">Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ...</a> ... hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. [Jesus ... /.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cx jesus last public discourse.htm<a href="/library/chrysostom/on_the_priesthood/homily_xv_again_on_the.htm">Again on the Calamity of the City of Antioch. ...</a> ... to live in luxury does not seem to be a manifest and admitted crime; but then it brings forth in us great evils,"drunkenness, violence, extortion, and rapine ... /...//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xv again on the.htm<a href="/library/white/the_desire_of_ages/chapter_16_in_his_temple.htm">In his Temple</a> ... The money changing gave opportunity for fraud and extortion, and it had grown into a disgraceful traffic, which was a source of revenue to the priests. ... //christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 16 in his temple.htm<a href="/library/salvian/on_the_government_of_god/the_fifth_book.htm">The Fifth Book</a> ... no small proportion of the Gauls, and, in fine, all those throughout the Roman world whose Roman citizenship has been brought to nothing by Roman extortion. ... //christianbookshelf.org/salvian/on the government of god/the fifth book.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/e/extortion.htm">Extortion (14 Occurrences)</a> ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. EXTORTION. ... Multi-Version Concordance Extortion (14 Occurrences). Matthew 23:25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ... /e/extortion.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/e/extort.htm">Extort (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (vt) To get by the offense of extortion. See Extortion. 3. (vi) To practice extortion. 4. (pp & a.) Extorted. Multi-Version Concordance ... /e/extort.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/r/robbery.htm">Robbery (18 Occurrences)</a> ... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. (See NAS). ... /r/robbery.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/e/extortioner.htm">Extortioner (3 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) One who practices extortion. Multi-Version Concordance Extortioner (3 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians ... /e/extortioner.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/p/platter.htm">Platter (20 Occurrences)</a> ... For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. (WEB KJV ASV WBS). ... /p/platter.htm - 15k<a href="/topical/o/outside.htm">Outside (215 Occurrences)</a> ... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ... /o/outside.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/c/cleanse.htm">Cleanse (75 Occurrences)</a> ... hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. (ASV RSV). ... /c/cleanse.htm - 36k<a href="/topical/c/cup.htm">Cup (86 Occurrences)</a> ... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ... /c/cup.htm - 41k<a href="/topical/c/clean.htm">Clean (298 Occurrences)</a> ... hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. ... /c/clean.htm - 44k<a href="/topical/j/john.htm">John (154 Occurrences)</a> ... The publicans he cautioned against extortion, the soldiers against crime and plunder." His doctrine and manner of life roused the entire south of Palestine ... /j/john.htm - 101k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-gangs.html">What does the Bible say about gangs? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/baptized-John-Baptist.html">Who baptized John the Baptist? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/lack-of-visions.html">Why is the lack of visions and divinations considered a punishment (Micah 3:6)? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/extortion.htm">Extortion: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Extortion (14 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/23-25.htm">Matthew 23:25</a> "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)<a href="/luke/11-39.htm">Luke 11:39</a> The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. (WEB ASV RSV)<a href="/2_corinthians/9-5.htm">2 Corinthians 9:5</a> I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion. (ASV)<a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Leviticus 6:4</a> then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, (See NAS NIV)<a href="/psalms/62-10.htm">Psalms 62:10</a> Don't trust in oppression. Don't become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don't set your heart on them. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:7</a> Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding. (WEB ASV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Isaiah 16:4</a> Let my outcasts dwell with you! As for Moab, be a hiding place for him from the face of the destroyer. For the extortioner is brought to nothing. Destruction ceases. The oppressors are consumed out of the land. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)<a href="/isaiah/33-15.htm">Isaiah 33:15</a> He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil; (See NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/22-17.htm">Jeremiah 22:17</a> But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it. (DBY NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-18.htm">Ezekiel 18:18</a> As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-7.htm">Ezekiel 22:7</a> In you have they set light by father and mother; in the midst of you have they dealt by oppression with the foreigner; in you have they wronged the fatherless and the widow. (See RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Ezekiel 22:12</a> 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. (KJV WBS RSV NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a> The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have troubled the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully. (See RSV NIV)<a href="/habakkuk/2-6.htm">Habakkuk 2:6</a> Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say,'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?' (WEB NIV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/e/extortion.htm">Extortion</a><a href="/topical/naves/e/extortion--general_scriptures_concerning.htm">Extortion: General Scriptures Concerning</a><a href="/topical/naves/e/extortion--jacob_in_demanding_esau's_birthright_for_a_mess_of_pottage.htm">Extortion: Jacob in Demanding Esau's Birthright for a Mess of Pottage</a><a href="/topical/naves/e/extortion--pharaoh_in_exacting_of_the_egyptians_lands_and_persons,_for_corn_(grain).htm">Extortion: Pharaoh in Exacting of the Egyptians Lands and Persons, for Corn (Grain)</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/e/extort.htm">Extort (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/robbery.htm">Robbery (18 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/extortioner.htm">Extortioner (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/platter.htm">Platter (20 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/o/outside.htm">Outside (215 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/cleanse.htm">Cleanse (75 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/cup.htm">Cup (86 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/c/clean.htm">Clean (298 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/j/john.htm">John (154 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/u/unrighteousness.htm">Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/loads.htm">Loads (12 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/l/loans.htm">Loans (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/w/within.htm">Within (400 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wickedness.htm">Wickedness (232 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wring.htm">Wring (4 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/w/wo.htm">Wo (92 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/increases.htm">Increases (24 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/i/inward.htm">Inward (43 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/teachers.htm">Teachers (87 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/taunting.htm">Taunting (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/ravening.htm">Ravening (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/ravin.htm">Ravin (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/e/excess.htm">Excess (20 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/exaction.htm">Exaction (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/extortiofn.htm">Extortiofn (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/e/enriches.htm">Enriches (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/d/destroys.htm">Destroys (23 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/m/mockery.htm">Mockery (12 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/piles.htm">Piles (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/publican.htm">Publican (7 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/polling.htm">Polling (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/b/bounty.htm">Bounty (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/bountifulness.htm">Bountifulness (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/b/bribery.htm">Bribery (2 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/a/aforepromised.htm">Aforepromised (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/a/assessor.htm">Assessor</a><a href="/topical/s/scoffing.htm">Scoffing (11 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/shave.htm">Shave (19 Occurrences)</a><a 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