Deuteronomy 23:19

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:25 : 25 `If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;
  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 `And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; 36 thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; 37 thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 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!
  • Ezek 18:7-8 : 7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment, 8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.
  • Ezek 18:16-18 : 16 A man -- he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment, 17 From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live. 18 His father -- because he used oppression, Did violently Plunder a brother, And that which `is' not good did in the midst of his people, And lo, he is dying in his iniquity.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!
  • Luke 6:34-35 : 34 and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much. 35 `But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
  • Neh 5:1-7 : 1 And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, 2 yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we -- are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' 3 And there are who are saying, `Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' 4 And there are who are saying, `We have borrowed money for the tribute of the king, `on' our fields, and our vineyards; 5 and now, as the flesh of our brethren `is' our flesh, as their sons `are' our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards `are' to others.' 6 And it is very displeasing to me when I have heard their cry and these words, 7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    90%

    35`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

    36thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

    37thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

  • Deut 23:20-21
    2 verses
    90%

    20To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

    21`When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou dost not delay to complete it; for Jehovah thy God doth certainly require it from thee, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

  • Exod 22:25-26
    2 verses
    86%

    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

    26if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

  • Deut 24:10-14
    5 verses
    78%

    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

    11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

    13thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

    14`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

  • Neh 5:10
    76%

    10And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

    8In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

  • Deut 15:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2and this `is' the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan `is' to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

    3of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

  • Lev 25:14
    73%

    14`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

  • Ezek 18:13
    72%

    13In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

  • Lev 25:39
    72%

    39`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service;

  • Deut 15:6-10
    5 verses
    72%

    6for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent `to' many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

    7`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

    8for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

    9`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

    10thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

  • Deut 24:17
    71%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Ps 15:5
    71%

    5His 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!

  • Deut 24:6
    71%

    6`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

  • Ezek 22:12
    71%

    12A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

  • Deut 22:1
    70%

    1`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother;

  • Exod 23:6
    70%

    6`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;

  • Deut 12:17
    70%

    17thou art not able to eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, and of thy new wine, and thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock, and any of thy vows which thou vowest, and thy free-will offerings, and heave-offering of thy hand;

  • Isa 24:2
    70%

    2And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting `it' on himself.

  • Deut 23:18
    70%

    18thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `are' even both of them.

  • Job 22:6
    69%

    6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

  • Deut 28:44
    69%

    44he doth lend `to' thee, and thou dost not lend `to' him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

  • Deut 28:12
    69%

    12`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure -- the heavens -- to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

  • Deut 14:27
    69%

    27As to the Levite who `is' within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    69%

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

  • Lev 25:47
    69%

    47`And when the hand of a sojourner or settler with thee attaineth `riches', and thy brother with him hath become poor, and he hath been sold to a sojourner, a settler with thee, or to the root of the family of a sojourner,

  • Prov 19:17
    69%

    17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

  • Prov 23:6
    69%

    6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

  • Exod 23:19
    69%

    19the beginning of the first-fruits of thy ground thou dost bring into the house of Jehovah thy God; thou dost not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

  • Lev 19:13
    69%

    13`Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

  • Lev 25:17
    69%

    17and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • Lev 19:11
    69%

    11`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

  • Prov 28:8
    68%

    8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • Deut 12:25
    68%

    25thou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which `is' right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Lev 19:17
    68%

    17`Thou dost not hate thy brother in thy heart; thou dost certainly reprove thy fellow, and not suffer sin on him.