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Exodus 22:25
“ If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
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Deuteronomy 23:19-20
“ You are not to charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned on interest.You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess.
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Leviticus 25:17
So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the Lord your God.
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Ezekiel 18:13
lends money at interest and takes interest; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he shall certainly be put to death; his blood will be on himself.
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Ezekiel 18:8
and if he does not lend money at interest or take interest, if he keeps his hand from injustice and executes true justice between one person and another,
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Ezekiel 18:17
he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take any kind of interest on loans, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father’s guilt, he will certainly live.
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Ezekiel 22:12
Among you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest, you have injured your neighbors by oppression, and you have forgotten Me,” declares the Lord God.
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Proverbs 28:8
One who increases his wealth by interest of any kind, Collects it for one who is gracious to the poor.
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Nehemiah 5:15
But the previous governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of my fear of God.
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Psalms 15:5
He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.
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Nehemiah 5:7-10
So I thought it over and contended with the nobles and the leading people, and said to them,“ You are lending at interest, each to his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.And I said to them,“ We, according to our ability, have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?” Then they were silent and could not find a word to say.So I said,“ The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the taunting of the nations, our enemies?And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let’s do without this interest.