Nehemiah 5:10

And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.

In Context

9And I say, 'Not good [is] the thing that ye are doing; in the fear of our God do ye not walk, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

11Give back, I pray you, to them, as to-day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, and the hundredth [part] of the money, and of the corn, of the new wine, and of the oil, that ye are exacting of them.'

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Nehemiah 5:7and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

Psalms 15:5His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

Ezekiel 18:8In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

Micah 2:1Woe [to] those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.

1 Corinthians 9:12if others do partake of the authority over you — not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 5:7-14

Grievances of the Poor Redressed. ( b. c. 445.) 6 And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. 7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. 8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing… Read the whole commentary →

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