Leviticus 25:36

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

Young's Literal Translation

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

35'And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

37thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:24and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

Leviticus 25:17and ye do not oppress one another, and thou hast been afraid of thy God; for I [am] Jehovah your God.

Nehemiah 5:3And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

Nehemiah 5:15the former governors who [are] before me have made themselves heavy on the people, and take of them in bread and wine, besides in silver forty shekels; also, their servants have ruled over the people — and I have not done so, because of the fear of God.

Proverbs 28:8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

Ezekiel 18:13In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on 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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