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 [any of] My people [who are] poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.
Leviticus 25:35-37
35
' If one of your brethren becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you, then you shall help 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 lend him your money for usury, nor lend 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 Jewish brethren.
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 lands 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 lands 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 lands and vineyards."
6
And I became very angry 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 called a great assembly against them.
Psalm 15:5
He [who] does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take 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 robbed no one by violence, [But] has given his bread to the hungry And covered the naked with clothing;
Ezekiel 18:8
If he has not exacted usury Nor taken any increase, [But] has withdrawn his hand from iniquity [And] executed true judgment between man and man;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 surely die; His blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18:16-18
16
Has not oppressed anyone, Nor withheld a pledge, Nor robbed by violence, [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 surely live!
18
"[As for] his father, Because he cruelly oppressed, Robbed his brother by violence, And did what [is] not good among his people, Behold, he shall die for 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," says the Lord GOD.
Luke 6:34
"And if you lend [to those] from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that 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.