Leviticus 25:36
Do not charge him interest or try to profit from him in any way, but honor your God so that your brother may keep living with you.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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
37You must not give him a loan of money and charge interest, nor sell him your food to earn a profit.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24My anger will burn, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives will become widows, and your children will become fatherless.
Leviticus 25:17You must not cheat or wrong one another; instead, you must honor your God, for I am Yahweh your God.
Nehemiah 5:3There were also some who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain during the famine.”
Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people, and took from them forty shekels of silver for their daily food and wine. Even their servants oppressed the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God.
Proverbs 28:8The one who makes his fortune by charging too much interest 1 gathers his wealth for another who will have pity on poor people. 1
Ezekiel 18:13and he lends out money at too high interest and he makes too much profit on what he sells, should that man live? Surely he will not! He will certainly die and his blood will be on him because he has done all these detestable things.
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 →