Leviticus 25:37
You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.
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- Deut 23:19-202 verses90%
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.
20You 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.
- Lev 25:35-362 verses88%
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.
- Exod 22:25-262 verses87%
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.
26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
- Deut 24:10-123 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.
- Ezek 18:7-82 verses78%
7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,
8does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,
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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!
- Deut 15:6-116 verses76%
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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14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.
- Lev 25:16-172 verses75%
16The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce.
17No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 24:14-152 verses75%
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.
15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Lev 25:38-392 verses74%
38I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan– to be your God.
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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13engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.
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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.
- Prov 22:26-272 verses74%
26Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
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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.
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42Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
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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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5He 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.
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44They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!
- Deut 15:2-32 verses73%
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.
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13You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.
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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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6One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
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43You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.
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17You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.
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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 one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.
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6Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
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6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
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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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11Dealing Honestly“‘You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen.
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7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.
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7your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land– all its produce will be for you to eat.
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25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.