Deuteronomy 23:19
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19 (A)“You shall not charge interest to your brother—interest on money or food or anything that is lent out at interest.
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Exodus 22:25
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25 (A)“If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him (B)interest.
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Psalm 15:5
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5 He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things (A)shall never be moved.
Leviticus 25:35-37
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Lending to the Poor
35 ‘If one of your brethren becomes poor, and [a]falls into poverty among you, then you shall (A)help him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. 36 (B)Take no usury or interest from him; but (C)fear your God, that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not lend him your money for usury, nor lend him your food at a profit.
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- Leviticus 25:35 Lit. his hand fails
Luke 6:34-35
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34 (A)And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But (B)love your enemies, (C)do good, and (D)lend, [a]hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and (E)you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
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- Luke 6:35 expecting
Ezekiel 22:12
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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (C)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 18:16-18
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16 Has not oppressed anyone,
Nor withheld a pledge,
Nor robbed by violence,
But has given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with clothing;
17 Who has withdrawn his hand from [a]the poor
And not received usury or increase,
But has executed My judgments
And walked in My statutes—
He shall not die for the iniquity of his father;
He shall surely live!
18 “As for his father,
Because he cruelly oppressed,
Robbed his brother by violence,
And did what is not good among his people,
Behold, (A)he shall die for his iniquity.
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- Ezekiel 18:17 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX iniquity (cf. v. 8)
Ezekiel 18:13
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13 If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
(A)His blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:7-8
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7 If he has not (A)oppressed anyone,
But has restored to the debtor his (B)pledge;
Has robbed no one by violence,
But has (C)given his bread to the hungry
And covered the naked with (D)clothing;
8 If he has not [a]exacted (E)usury
Nor taken any increase,
But has withdrawn his hand from iniquity
And (F)executed true [b]judgment between man and man;
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- Ezekiel 18:8 Lent money at interest
- Ezekiel 18:8 justice
Nehemiah 5:1-7
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Nehemiah Deals with Oppression
5 And there was a great (A)outcry of the people and their wives against their (B)Jewish brethren. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
3 There were also some who said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”
4 There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now (C)our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we (D)are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”
6 And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. 7 After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, (E)“Each of you is [a]exacting usury from his brother.” So I [b]called a great assembly against them.
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- Nehemiah 5:7 charging interest
- Nehemiah 5:7 Lit. held
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