Leviticus 25:36
Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24Then shall my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.
Leviticus 25:17Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
Nehemiah 5:3And there were that saide, We must gage our landes, and our vineyardes, and our houses, and take vp corne for the famine.
Nehemiah 5:15For the former gouernours that were before me, had bene chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides fourtie shekels of siluer: yea, and their seruants bare rule ouer the people: but so did not I, because of the feare of God.
Proverbs 28:8He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.
Ezekiel 18:13Or hath giuen forth vpon vsurie, or hath taken increase, shall he liue? he shall not liue: seeing he hath done all these abominations, he shall die the death, and his blood shall be vpon 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 →