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Bible Verses About Usury: Forbidden

12 verses · 5 aspects

Verses on Forbidden

  1. If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor, that dwelleth with thee, thou shalt not be hard upon them as an extortioner, nor oppress them with usuries.

  2. If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee:

  3. Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.

  4. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury: nor exact of him any increase of fruits.

  5. Thou shalt not lend to thy brother money to usury, nor corn, nor any other thing:

  6. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.

  7. He that heapeth together riches by usury and loan, gathereth them for him that will be bountiful to the poor.

  8. Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.

  9. Hath not lent upon usury, nor taken any increase: hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, and hath executed true judgment between man and man:

  10. That giveth upon usury, and that taketh an increase: shall such a one live? he shall not live. Seeing he hath done all these detestable things, he shall surely die, his blood shall be upon him.

  11. That hath turned away his hand from injuring the poor, hath not taken usury and increase, but hath executed my judgments, and hath walked in my commandments: this man shall not die for the iniquity of his father, but living he shall live.

  12. They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and thou hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.