Leviticus 25:36
Do not accept from him interest or profit, but stand thou in awe of thy God,—so shall thy brother live with thee.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
37Thy silver, shalt thou not give him on interest,—neither, for profit, shalt thou give him thy food.
Cross References
Exodus 22:24so shall kindle mine anger, and I will slay you with the sword,—and your wives, shall become widows, and your, sons fatherless.
Leviticus 25:17So then ye shall not overreach one another; but thou shalt stand in awe of thy God,—for, I—Yahweh, am your God.
Nehemiah 5:3And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging,—that we may obtain corn in the dearth.
Nehemiah 5:15whereas, the former pashas, who were before me, suffered themselves to be a burden upon the people, and took from them in bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver, even, their young men, bare rule over the people,—but, I, did not so, because of the fear of God.
Proverbs 28:8He that increaseth his substance by interest and profit, for one ready to favour the poor, doth gather it.
Ezekiel 18:13Upon interest, hath put out. And increase, hath accepted—, And shall he live? He shall not live All these abominations, he hath done, He shall surely be put to death, His blood, upon himself, shall be.
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 →