Leviticus 25:36
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.”
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“Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 25:36 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 22:24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.
- Exodus 22:25If 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.
- Leviticus 25:17Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 23:19Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
- Nehemiah 5:3Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
- 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 5:15The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
- 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.
- 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.
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