Leviticus 25:36

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Exod 22:25 : 25 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.
  • 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  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lev 25:17 : 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God.
  • 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.
  • Neh 5:7-9 : 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. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our emies? 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.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wi, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 25:37-40
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    88%

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

    38 I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

    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:

    40 But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubi:

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    83%

    25 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.

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

  • Lev 25:35
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    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.

  • Deut 15:2-4
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    76%

    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;

    4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    75%

    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:

  • Deut 15:6-13
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    75%

    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.

    12 And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

    13 And when thou senst him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty:

  • Neh 5:10
    74%

    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 18:8
    74%

    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,

  • 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.

  • Lev 25:47
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    47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

  • Ezek 18:13
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 24:14
    73%

    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:

  • Lev 25:43
    72%

    43 Thou shalt not ru over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

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

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    72%

    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 22:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hi thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

    2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again.

  • Lev 25:25
    71%

    25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

  • Ezek 18:17
    71%

    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.

  • Deut 14:27
    70%

    27 And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee.

  • 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 19:33
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    33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.

  • Deut 23:7
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    7 Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

  • Ps 15:5
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    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.

  • 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.

  • Ezek 22:12
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 25:5
    69%

    5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the ad shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.

  • Deut 22:4
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    4 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hi thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

  • Deut 12:19
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    19 Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.