Bible Cross References
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not lay interest on him.
Leviticus 25:35-37
35
If one of your brethren becomes poor, and his hand has become shaky, then you shall support him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
36
Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.
37
You shall not give him your money at interest, nor give him your food at a profit.
Nehemiah 5:1-7
1
And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers the Jews.
2
For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
3
There were also some who said, We have mortgaged our fields and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.
4
There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
5
Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our fields and vineyards.
6
And I was extremely infuriated when I heard their outcry and these words.
7
After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, Each of you is exacting usury from his brother. So I appointed a great assembly against them.
Psalm 15:5
he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
Ezekiel 18:7
if he has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge; has plundered no one by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with clothing;
Ezekiel 18:8
if he has not given with usury nor taken any increase, but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity and executed true judgment between man and man;
Ezekiel 18:13
if he has exacted usury or taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live! If he has done any of these abominations, he shall die the death; his blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:16-18
16
has not oppressed anyone, nor withheld a pledge, nor plundered by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with clothing;
17
who has withdrawn his hand from the poor and not received usury or increase, but has executed My judgments and walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall live life!
18
As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, plundered his brother by robbery, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
Ezekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Luke 6:34
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.