Verse 25

If thou lend{H3867}{(H8686)} money{H3701} to any of my people{H5971} that is poor{H6041} by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer{H5383}{(H8802)}, neither shalt thou lay{H7760}{(H8799)} upon him usury{H5392}.

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 25:35-37 : 35 And if thy brother{H251} be waxen poor{H4134}{(H8799)}, and fallen in decay{H4131}{(H8804)} with thee{H3027}; then thou shalt relieve{H2388}{(H8689)} him: yea, though he be a stranger{H1616}, or a sojourner{H8453}; that he may live{H2416} with thee. 36 Take{H3947}{(H8799)} thou no usury{H5392} of him, or increase{H8636}: but fear{H3372}{(H8804)} thy God{H430}; that thy brother{H251} may live{H2416} with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give{H5414}{(H8799)} him thy money{H3701} upon usury{H5392}, nor lend{H5414}{(H8799)} him thy victuals{H400} for increase{H4768}.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 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)}.
  • Deut 23:19-20 : 19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury{H5391}{(H8686)} to thy brother{H251}; usury{H5392} of money{H3701}, usury{H5392} of victuals{H400}, usury{H5392} of any thing{H1697} that is lent upon usury{H5391}{(H8799)}: 20 Unto a stranger{H5237} thou mayest lend upon usury{H5391}{(H8686)}; but unto thy brother{H251} thou shalt not lend upon usury{H5391}{(H8686)}: that the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} may bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee in all that thou settest{H4916} thine hand{H3027} to in the land{H776} whither thou goest{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} it.
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 He that hath not given forth{H5414}{(H8799)} upon usury{H5392}, neither hath taken{H3947}{(H8799)} any increase{H8636}, that hath withdrawn{H7725}{(H8686)} his hand{H3027} from iniquity{H5766}, hath executed{H6213}{(H8799)} true{H571} judgment{H4941} between man{H376} and man{H376},
  • Prov 28:8 : 8 He that by usury{H5392} and unjust gain{H8636} increaseth{H7235}{(H8688)} his substance{H1952}, he shall gather{H6908}{(H8762)} it for him that will pity{H2603}{(H8802)} the poor{H1800}.
  • Neh 5:7 : 7 Then I consulted{H4427}{(H8735)} with myself{H3820}, and I rebuked{H7378}{(H8799)} the nobles{H2715}, and the rulers{H5461}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Ye exact{H5378}{(H8801)}{(H8678)}{H5383}{(H8802)}{(H8675)}{H5375}{(H8802)} usury{H4855}, every one{H376} of his brother{H251}. And I set{H5414}{(H8799)} a great{H1419} assembly{H6952} against them.
  • Ezek 18:17 : 17 That hath taken off{H7725}{(H8689)} his hand{H3027} from the poor{H6041}, that hath not received{H3947}{(H8804)} usury{H5392} nor increase{H8636}, hath executed{H6213}{(H8804)} my judgments{H4941}, hath walked{H1980}{(H8804)} in my statutes{H2708}; he shall not die{H4191}{(H8799)} for the iniquity{H5771} of his father{H1}, he shall surely{H2421}{(H8800)} live{H2421}{(H8799)}.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken{H3947}{(H8804)} gifts{H7810} to shed{H8210}{(H8800)} blood{H1818}; thou hast taken{H3947}{(H8804)} usury{H5392} and increase{H8636}, and thou hast greedily gained{H1214}{(H8762)} of thy neighbours{H7453} by extortion{H6233}, and hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}.
  • Matt 25:27 : 27 Thou{G4571} oughtest{G1163}{(G5713)} therefore{G3767} to have put{G906}{(G5629)} my{G3450} money{G694} to the exchangers{G5133}, and{G2532} then at my coming{G2064}{(G5631)} I{G1473} should{G302} have received{G2865}{(G5668)} mine own{G1699} with{G4862} usury{G5110}.
  • Luke 19:23 : 23 Wherefore{G1302} then{G2532} gavest{G1325} not{G3756} thou{G1325}{(G5656)} my{G3450} money{G694} into{G1909} the bank{G5132}, that{G2532} at my coming{G2064}{(G5631)} I{G1473} might{G302} have required{G4238}{(G5656)} mine own{G846} with{G4862} usury{G5110}?
  • Ezek 18:13 : 13 Hath given forth{H5414}{(H8804)} upon usury{H5392}, and hath taken{H3947}{(H8804)} increase{H8636}: shall he then live{H2425}{(H8804)}? he shall not live{H2421}{(H8799)}: he hath done{H6213}{(H8804)} all these abominations{H8441}; he shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} die{H4191}{(H8714)}; his blood{H1818} shall be upon him.
  • Neh 5:10-11 : 10 I likewise, and my brethren{H251}, and my servants{H5288}, might exact{H5383}{(H8802)} of them money{H3701} and corn{H1715}: I pray you, let us leave off{H5800}{(H8799)} this usury{H4855}. 11 Restore{H7725}{(H8685)}, I pray you, to them, even this day{H3117}, their lands{H7704}, their vineyards{H3754}, their oliveyards{H2132}, and their houses{H1004}, also the hundredth{H3967} part of the money{H3701}, and of the corn{H1715}, the wine{H8492}, and the oil{H3323}, that ye exact{H5383}{(H8802)} of them.
  • Jer 15:10 : 10 Woe{H188} is me, my mother{H517}, that thou hast borne{H3205}{(H8804)} me a man{H376} of strife{H7379} and a man{H376} of contention{H4066} to the whole earth{H776}! I have neither lent on usury{H5383}{(H8804)}, nor men have lent to me on usury{H5383}{(H8804)}; yet every one of them doth curse{H7043}{(H8764)} me.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried{H6817}{(H8804)} a certain{H259} woman{H802} of the wives{H802} of the sons{H1121} of the prophets{H5030} unto Elisha{H477}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thy servant{H5650} my husband{H376} is dead{H4191}{(H8804)}; and thou knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} that thy servant{H5650} did fear{H3373} the LORD{H3068}: and the creditor{H5383}{(H8802)} is come{H935}{(H8804)} to take{H3947}{(H8800)} unto him my two{H8147} sons{H3206} to be bondmen{H5650}.
  • 2 Kgs 4:7 : 7 Then she came{H935}{(H8799)} and told{H5046}{(H8686)} the man{H376} of God{H430}. And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, sell{H4376}{(H8798)} the oil{H8081}, and pay{H7999}{(H8761)} thy debt{H5386}, and live{H2421}{(H8799)} thou and thy children{H1121} of the rest{H3498}{(H8737)}.
  • Neh 5:2-5 : 2 For there were{H3426} that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We, our sons{H1121}, and our daughters{H1323}, are many{H7227}: therefore we take up{H3947}{(H8799)} corn{H1715} for them, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)}, and live{H2421}{(H8799)}. 3 Some also there were{H3426} that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We have mortgaged{H6148}{(H8802)} our lands{H7704}, vineyards{H3754}, and houses{H1004}, that we might buy{H3947}{(H8799)} corn{H1715}, because of the dearth{H7458}. 4 There were{H3426} also that said{H559}{(H8802)}, We have borrowed{H3867}{(H8804)} money{H3701} for the king's{H4428} tribute{H4060}, and that upon our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}. 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren{H251}, our children{H1121} as their children{H1121}: and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533}{(H8802)} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants{H5650}, and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought unto bondage{H3533}{(H8737)} already: neither is it in our power{H410}{H3027} to redeem them; for other men{H312} have our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}.