Exodus 22:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.”
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“If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 22:25 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- Deuteronomy 24:13be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
- 2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
- 2 Kings 4:7She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- Nehemiah 5:2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- Nehemiah 5:7and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, “You are exacting usury from your own brothers!” So I called a large assembly against them
- Nehemiah 5:10I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.
- Psalms 15:5who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
- Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
- Ezekiel 18:8He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
- Ezekiel 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
- Ezekiel 18:17He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
- Ezekiel 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Amos 2:8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
- Matthew 25:27Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.
- Luke 19:23Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’
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