Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
In Context
37Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy food for profit.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your sons fatherless.
Leviticus 25:17And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
Nehemiah 5:3There were some also who said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain because of the dearth.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors who were before me charged the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.
Proverbs 28:8He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.
Ezekiel 18:13has given forth upon interest, and has taken increase, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood shall be upon him.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 25:24-39
23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. 25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; 27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto… Read the whole commentary →