What the Bible says about

Usury

12 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools

“If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.”
Exodus 22:25 BSB
“Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.”
Leviticus 25:35-37 BSB
“Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.”
Deuteronomy 23:19 BSB
“who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.”
Psalms 15:5 BSB
“He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.”
Proverbs 28:8 BSB
“Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.”
Jeremiah 15:10 BSB
“He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.”
Ezekiel 18:8 BSB
“He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.”
Ezekiel 18:13 BSB
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