Exodus 22:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If 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.

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  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And 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. 36 Take 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. 37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.
  • Deut 23:19-20 : 19 Do not take interest from an Israelite on anything, money or food or any other goods, which you let him have: 20 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.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 And 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,
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.
  • Neh 5:7 : 7 And after turning it over in my mind, I made a protest to the chiefs and the rulers, and said to them, Every one of you is taking interest from his countryman. And I got together a great meeting of protest.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In 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.
  • Matt 25:27 : 27 Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?
  • Luke 19:23 : 23 Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.
  • Neh 5:10-11 : 10 Even 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. 11 Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.
  • Jer 15:10 : 10 Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.
  • 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.
  • Neh 5:2-5 : 2 For there were some who said, We, our sons and our daughters, are a great number: let us get grain, so that we may have food for our needs. 3 And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need. 4 And there were others who said, We have given up our fields and our vine-gardens to get money for the king's taxes. 5 But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children: and now we are giving our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants, and some of our daughters are servants even now: and we have no power to put a stop to it; for other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.

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  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    87%

    35 And 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.

    36 Take 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.

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

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

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

    20 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.

  • Deut 24:10-15
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    81%

    10 If 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;

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

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

    13 But 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.

    14 Do 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.

    15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Exod 22:26
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    26 If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

  • Neh 5:10
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    10 Even 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.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

    8 And 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 15:6-11
    6 verses
    77%

    6 For 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.

    7 If 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;

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

    9 And 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.

    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.

    11 For 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.

  • Prov 22:26-27
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    26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • Deut 24:17
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    17 Be 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:

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Ps 15:5
    76%

    5 He who does not put out his money at interest, or for payment give false decisions against men who have done no wrong. He who does these things will never be moved.

  • Lev 25:14
    76%

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

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Isa 24:2
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    2 And 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.

  • Lev 25:39
    75%

    39 And 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;

  • Prov 22:7
    75%

    7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

  • Exod 22:24
    75%

    24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Deut 15:2-3
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    2 This 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.

    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;

  • Ezek 18:13
    74%

    13 And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Ezek 22:12
    74%

    12 In 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.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8 He who makes his wealth greater by taking interest, only gets it together for him who has pity on the poor.

  • Exod 22:14
    74%

    14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

  • Deut 24:6
    74%

    6 No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.

  • Lev 25:17
    73%

    17 And do no wrong, one to another, but let the fear of your God be before you; for I am the Lord your God.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.

  • Lev 25:43
    73%

    43 Do not be a hard master to him, but have the fear of God before you.

  • Ps 37:21
    73%

    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Prov 22:22
    73%

    22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

  • Matt 5:42
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    42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

  • Ezek 18:17
    73%

    17 Who has kept his hand from evil-doing and has not taken interest or great profits, who has done my orders and been guided by my rules: he will certainly not be put to death for the evil-doing of his father; life will certainly be his.

  • Job 22:6
    73%

    6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22 Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

  • Deut 28:12
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    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.