Leviticus 25:36

Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee.

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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

35And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and he fail in resources with thee, thou shalt help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and thy brother shall live with thee.

37Thou shalt not lend thy money to him at interest, and thou shalt not lend thy meat to him to be returned with increase.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:24And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him, thou shalt not exact usury of him.

Leviticus 25:17Let not a man oppress his neighbor, and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord thy God.

Proverbs 28:8He that increases his wealth by usuries and unjust gains, 1 Gathers it for him that pities the poor. 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.

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 →

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