Leviticus 25:36
Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest: fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor exact of him any increase of fruits.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24And my rage shall be enkindled, and I will strike you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
Leviticus 25:17Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.
Nehemiah 5:3And there were some that said: Let us mortgage our lands, and our vineyards, and our houses, and let us take corn be- cause of the famine.
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me, were chargeable to the people, and took of them in bread, and wine, and in money every day forty sides: and their officers also oppressed the people. But I did not so for the fear of God.
Proverbs 28:8He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.
Ezekiel 18:13That giveth upon usury, and that taketh an increase: shall such a one live? he shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, 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 →