Psalms 15:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

He who does not put out his money at usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Who does not lend money at interest or accept a bribe against the innocent. The one who does these things will never be shaken.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    He that putteth not out{H5414} his money{H3701} to interest,{H5392} Nor taketh{H3947} reward{H7810} against the innocent.{H5355} He that doeth{H6213} these things shall never{H5769} be moved.{H4131}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    He that putteth not out{H5414}{(H8804)} his money{H3701} to usury{H5392}, nor taketh{H3947}{(H8804)} reward{H7810} against the innocent{H5355}. He that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} these things shall never{H5769} be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    He that geueth not his money vpon vsury, and taketh no rewarde agaynst the innocet. Who so doth these thiges, shal neuer be remoued.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    He that giueth not his money vnto vsurie, nor taketh reward against the innocent: hee that doeth these things, shall neuer be moued.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie: nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent. He that doth these thynges: shall neuer at any tyme be remoued.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    He who doesn't lend out his money for usury, Nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Psalm 16 Michtam of David.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:25 : 25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 23:19-20 : 19 You shall not lend with interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent with interest: 20 To a stranger you may lend with interest; but to your brother you shall not lend with interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are going to possess.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they agreed with him for thirty pieces of silver.
  • Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. 8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. 36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. 37 You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
  • Jas 1:22-25 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 For he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 Who has taken off his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed My judgments, has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
  • Ezek 18:27 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  • Matt 27:3-5 : 3 Then Judas, who had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Matt 7:21-25 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and cast out devils in your name, and done many wonderful works in your name?' 23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice iniquity.' 24 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
  • Neh 5:2-5 : 2 For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many: therefore we need to take grain for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Others said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the famine. 4 There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, against our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
  • Neh 5:7-9 : 7 Then I consulted with myself and rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, You are charging interest, each one from his brother. And I called a great assembly against them. 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer. 9 Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? 10 I likewise, and my brethren and my servants, could demand money and grain from them. I pray you, let us stop this interest. 11 Restore to them, I pray you, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil, that you are charging them. 12 Then they said, We will restore them, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
  • Ps 16:8 : 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
  • Ps 55:22 : 22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
  • Ps 106:3 : 3 Blessed are they who keep judgment and he who does righteousness at all times.
  • Ps 112:6 : 6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
  • Prov 12:3 : 3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

Similar Verses (AI)

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

    8 He that has not given out loans with interest, nor taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Exod 22:25
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    25 If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

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    76%

    5 A good man shows favor and lends; he will guide his affairs with discretion.

    6 Surely he shall not be moved forever; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

    7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD.

  • Ps 15:1-4
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    1 LORD, who shall abide in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell on Your holy hill?

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    4 In whose eyes a vile person is despised; but he honors those who fear the LORD. He who swears to his own hurt, and does not change.

  • Isa 33:15
    74%

    15 He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;

  • Ezek 18:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

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  • Ps 10:6
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    6 He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved; for I shall never be in adversity.

  • Ps 55:22
    73%

    22 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He shall sustain you; He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
    73%

    36 Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

    37 You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

  • Prov 28:8
    73%

    8 He who by usury and unjust gain increases his wealth gathers it for one who will pity the poor.

  • Ezek 18:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

    17 Who has taken off his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed My judgments, has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  • Ps 37:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous show mercy and give.

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  • Prov 28:20
    71%

    20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 10:30
    71%

    30 The righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

  • Deut 23:19
    71%

    19 You shall not lend with interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent with interest:

  • Prov 19:17
    70%

    17 He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Neh 5:10
    70%

    10 I likewise, and my brethren and my servants, could demand money and grain from them. I pray you, let us stop this interest.

  • Ps 37:25-26
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    25 I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread.

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  • Prov 22:26-27
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    70%

    26 Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.

    27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

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    27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Ps 125:3-4
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    69%

    3 For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous extend their hands to wrongdoing.

    4 Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7 Look, this is the man that did not make God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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    15 He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.

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    29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

  • Ps 112:3
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    3 Wealth and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure forever.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28 He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like a branch.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

  • Ps 37:33
    69%

    33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.

  • Ps 92:15
    68%

    15 To show that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

  • Ps 30:6
    68%

    6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

  • Lev 19:15
    68%

    15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Jer 22:13
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    13 Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and gives him nothing for his work;

  • Prov 12:3
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    3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

  • Deut 24:12
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    12 And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

  • Ps 121:3
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    3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.