“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.

Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.

Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.

You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.

Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?

I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest!

Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”

Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

He does not lend to them at interest or take a profit from them. He withholds his hand from doing wrong and judges fairly between two parties.

He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.

He withholds his hand from mistreating the poor and takes no interest or profit from them. He keeps my laws and follows my decrees. He will not die for his father’s sin; he will surely live.

In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign Lord.

Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

For he knew it was out of self-interest that they had handed Jesus over to him.

knowing it was out of self-interest that the chief priests had handed Jesus over to him.

Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’

and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband.

not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.

they are conceited and understand nothing. They have an unhealthy interest in controversies and quarrels about words that result in envy, strife, malicious talk, evil suspicions