Deuteronomy 23:20
You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the LORD your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 15:10 : 10 You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
- Deut 15:3 : 3 You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.
- Deut 14:21 : 21 You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the LORD your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Lev 19:33-34 : 33 When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him. 34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 28:12 : 12 The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.
- Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
- Isa 1:19 : 19 If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
- Luke 14:14 : 14 Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Similar Verses (AI)
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19Respect for Others’ Property You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.
- Lev 25:35-373 verses83%
35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.
36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.
37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.
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25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
- Deut 15:2-43 verses81%
2This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as“the LORD’s cancellation of debts.”
3You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.
4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,
- Deut 24:10-145 verses78%
10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.
11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.
12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
13You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God.
14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.
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47“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,
- Deut 15:6-116 verses75%
6For the LORD your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you.
7The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.
8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.
9Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
11There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
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12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.
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10Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!
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17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.
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15you must select without fail a king whom the LORD your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king– you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites.
- Lev 19:33-342 verses72%
33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
34The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
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39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.
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29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.
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11You will celebrate all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.
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14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
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19Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.
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7You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.
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25you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the LORD your God chooses for himself.
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9“You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
- Deut 22:1-22 verses70%
1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.
2If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.
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8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,
- Deut 28:43-442 verses70%
43The resident foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.
44They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!
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27As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.
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45Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.
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14You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.
- Lev 25:24-252 verses69%
24In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land.
25“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.
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21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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2Everyone will suffer– the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.
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19So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
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17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
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12They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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8The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.