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Psalms 15:5
who does not lend his silver at interest or take a bribe against the innocent— the one who does these things will never be shaken.
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Leviticus 25:35-37
“ If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as an alien or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you.Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit.
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Deuteronomy 23:19-20
“ Do not charge your brother interest on silver, food, or anything that can earn interest.You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother Israelite interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are entering to possess.
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Ezekiel 18:8
He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit but keeps his hand from injustice and carries out true justice between men.
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Nehemiah 5:7
After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them,“ Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them
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Proverbs 28:8
Whoever increases his wealth through excessive interest collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
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Ezekiel 18:17
He keeps his hand from harming the poor, not taking interest or profit on a loan. He practices my ordinances and follows my statutes. Such a person will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will certainly live.
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Ezekiel 22:12
People who live in you accept bribes in order to shed blood. You take interest and profit on a loan and brutally extort your neighbors. You have forgotten me. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.
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2 Kings 4 7
She went and told the man of God, and he said,“ Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”
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2 Kings 4 1
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha,“ Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
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Jeremiah 15:10
Woe is me, my mother, that you gave birth to me, a man who incites dispute and conflict in all the land. I did not lend or borrow, yet everyone curses me.
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Ezekiel 18:13
and lends at interest or for profit, will he live? He will not live! Since he has committed all these detestable acts, he will certainly die. His death will be his own fault.
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Nehemiah 5:2-5
Some were saying,“ We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.”Others were saying,“ We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”Still others were saying,“ We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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Nehemiah 5:10-11
Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let’s stop charging this interest.Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and fresh oil that you have been assessing them.”
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Luke 19:23
why, then, didn’t you put my money in the bank? And when I returned, I would have collected it with interest.’
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Matthew 25:27
then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and I would have received my money back with interest when I returned.
