14 Bible Verses about Usury Or Interest
Want to know what the Bible says about Usury Or Interest? Here are 14 Bible verses about Usury Or Interest from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Leviticus 25:37 NIV
You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.
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Psalm 28:8 NIV
The Lord is the strength of his people,
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
a fortress of salvation for his anointed one.
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Jeremiah 15:10 NIV
Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth,
a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!
I have neither lent nor borrowed,
yet everyone curses me.
a man with whom the whole land strives and contends!
I have neither lent nor borrowed,
yet everyone curses me.
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Deuteronomy 23:19 NIV
Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn interest.
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Exodus 22:25 NIV
“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a business deal; charge no interest.
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Leviticus 25:35-37 NIV
35 “‘If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner and stranger, so they can continue to live among you. 36 Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you. 37 You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.
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Nehemiah 5:6-7 NIV
6 When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry. 7 I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them
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Nehemiah 5:9-13 NIV
9 So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our Gentile enemies? 10 I and my brothers and my men are also lending the people money and grain. But let us stop charging interest! 11 Give back to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves and houses, and also the interest you are charging them—one percent of the money, grain, new wine and olive oil.”
12 “We will give it back,” they said. “And we will not demand anything more from them. We will do as you say.”
Then I summoned the priests and made the nobles and officials take an oath to do what they had promised. 13 I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!”
At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
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Deuteronomy 23:20 NIV
You may charge a foreigner interest, but not a fellow Israelite, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you put your hand to in the land you are entering to possess.
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Psalm 15:5 NIV
who lends money to the poor without interest;
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.
Whoever does these things
will never be shaken.
will never be shaken.
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Ezekiel 18:8-9 NIV
8 He does not lend to them at interest
or take a profit from them.
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
and judges fairly between two parties.
9 He follows my decrees
and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;
he will surely live,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
or take a profit from them.
He withholds his hand from doing wrong
and judges fairly between two parties.
9 He follows my decrees
and faithfully keeps my laws.
That man is righteous;
he will surely live,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
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Isaiah 24:1-2 NIV
24 See, the Lord is going to lay waste the earth
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
and devastate it;
he will ruin its face
and scatter its inhabitants—
2 it will be the same
for priest as for people,
for the master as for his servant,
for the mistress as for her servant,
for seller as for buyer,
for borrower as for lender,
for debtor as for creditor.
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Matthew 25:27 NIV
Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
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Luke 19:23 NIV
Why then didn’t you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
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