Deuteronomy 23:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 15:10 : 10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
  • Deut 15:3 : 3 A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;
  • Deut 14:21 : 21 You may not have as food anything which has come to a natural death; the man from another country who is living with you may take it for food, or you may get a price for it from one of another nation; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. The young goat is not to be cooked in its mother's milk.
  • Lev 19:33-34 : 33 And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him; 34 Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 28:12 : 12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.
  • Isa 1:19 : 19 If you will give ear to my word and do it, the good things of the land will be yours;
  • Luke 14:14 : 14 And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 23:19
    90%

    19Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have:

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    83%

    35And if your brother becomes poor and is not able to make a living, then you are to keep him with you, helping him as you would a man from another country who is living among you.

    36Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

    37Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

  • Exod 22:25
    83%

    25If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

  • Deut 15:2-4
    3 verses
    81%

    2This is how it is to be done: every creditor is to give up his right to whatever he has let his neighbour have; he is not to make his neighbour, his countryman, give it back; because a general forgiveness has been ordered by the Lord.

    3A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;

    4But there will be no poor among you; for the Lord will certainly give you his blessing in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage;

  • Deut 24:10-14
    5 verses
    78%

    10If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;

    11But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.

    12If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;

    13But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

    14Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

  • Lev 25:47
    77%

    47And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;

  • Deut 15:6-11
    6 verses
    75%

    6For the Lord your God will give you his blessing as he has said: you will let other nations have the use of your money, but you will not make use of theirs; you will be rulers over a number of nations, but they will not be your rulers.

    7If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;

    8But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

    9And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

    10But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

    11For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

  • Deut 28:12
    74%

    12Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

  • Neh 5:10
    72%

    10Even I and my servants have been taking interest for the money and the grain we have let them have. So now, let us give up this thing.

  • Deut 24:17
    72%

    17Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Deut 17:15
    72%

    15Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

  • Lev 19:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him;

    34Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 25:39
    71%

    39And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;

  • Deut 14:29
    71%

    29And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your God will be on you in everything you do.

  • Deut 26:11
    71%

    11And you will have joy in every good thing which the Lord your God has given to you and to your family; and the Levite, and the man from a strange land who is with you, will take part in your joy.

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14And in the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

  • Deut 24:19
    71%

    19When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

  • Deut 23:7
    71%

    7But have no hate for an Edomite, because he is your brother, or for an Egyptian, for you were living in his land.

  • Deut 14:25
    71%

    25Then let these things be exchanged for money, and, taking the money in your hand, go to the place marked out by the Lord your God for himself;

  • Exod 23:9
    71%

    9Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.

  • Deut 22:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

    2If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

  • Ezek 18:8
    70%

    8And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

  • Deut 28:43-44
    2 verses
    70%

    43The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

    44He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

  • Deut 14:27
    70%

    27And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

  • Lev 25:45
    70%

    45And in addition, you may get, for money, servants from among the children of other nations who are living with you, and from their families which have come to birth in your land; and these will be your property.

  • Deut 15:14
    69%

    14But give him freely from your flock and from your grain and your wine: in the measure of the wealth which the Lord your God has given you, you are to give to him.

  • Lev 25:24-25
    2 verses
    69%

    24Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.

    25If your brother becomes poor, and has to give up some of his land for money, his nearest relation may come and get back that which his brother has given up.

  • Exod 22:21
    69%

    21Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.

  • Isa 24:2
    69%

    2And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

  • Deut 10:19
    69%

    19So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Ezek 22:12
    69%

    12In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

  • Deut 28:8
    69%

    8The Lord will send his blessing on your store-houses and on everything to which you put your hand: his blessing will be on you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.