Exodus 22:25

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

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  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and faln in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. 36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor nd him thy victuals for increase.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
  • Deut 23:19-20 : 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: 20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • Neh 5:7 : 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every o of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Matt 25:27 : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
  • Luke 19:23 : 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
  • Neh 5:10-11 : 10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them moy and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. 11 Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their viyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the moy, and of the corn, the wi, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
  • Jer 15:10 : 10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
  • 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
  • Neh 5:2-5 : 2 For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. 3 Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, viyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. 4 There were also that said, We have borrowed moy for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and viyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: ither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and viyards.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    87%

    35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and faln in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

    36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

    37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor nd him thy victuals for increase.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    86%

    19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

    20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Deut 24:10-15
    6 verses
    81%

    10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

    12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

    13 In any case thou shalt liver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.

    14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

    15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Exod 22:26
    80%

    26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

  • Neh 5:10
    79%

    10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them moy and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

    8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Deut 15:6-11
    6 verses
    77%

    6 For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

    7 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harn thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

    8 But thou shalt open thine hand wi unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

    9 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

    10 Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.

    11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wi unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

  • Prov 22:26-27
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    77%

    26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

    27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Deut 24:17
    77%

    17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

  • Ps 15:5
    76%

    5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

  • Lev 25:14
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    14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

  • Prov 19:17
    75%

    17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

  • Isa 24:2
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    2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39 And if thy brother that dwelth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Exod 22:24
    75%

    24 And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

  • Deut 15:2-3
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    75%

    2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lenth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

    3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;

  • Ezek 18:13
    74%

    13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

  • Ezek 22:12
    74%

    12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Prov 28:8
    74%

    8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Exod 22:14
    74%

    14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

  • Deut 24:6
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    6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

  • Lev 25:17
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    17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 23:3
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    3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

  • Lev 25:43
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    43 Thou shalt not ru over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither opess the afflicted in the gate:

  • Matt 5:42
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    42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

  • Ezek 18:17
    73%

    17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  • Job 22:6
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    6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:22
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    22 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

  • Deut 28:12
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    12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.