Deuteronomy 23:19
You shall not lend to your brother on usury of silver, or usury of meat, or usury of any thing which you may lend out.
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Leviticus 25:35And if your brother who is with you become poor, and he fail in resources with you, you shall help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and your brother shall live with you.
Psalms 15:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you are he that restores my inheritance to me. 1
Ezekiel 18:13has lent upon usury, and taken usurious increase; he shall by no means live: he has wrought all these iniquities; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 22:12In you they have received gifts to shed blood; they have received in you interest and usurious increase; and by oppression you have brought your wickedness to the full, and have forgotten me, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:16-25
Protection of Fugitives; The Law Concerning Usury. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for… Read the whole commentary →