Exodus 22:25

¶ If thou lend money to [any of] my people [that is] poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

If thou lend {H3867} money {H3701} to any of my people {H5971} that is poor {H6041} by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer {H5383}, neither shalt thou lay {H7760} upon him usury {H5392}.

"If you loan money to one of my people who is poor, you are not to deal with him as would a creditor; and you are not to charge him interest.

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.

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

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Cross-References

  • Leviticus 25:35 (9 votes)

    And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

  • Leviticus 25:37 (9 votes)

    Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

  • Psalms 15:5 (9 votes)

    [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.

  • Deuteronomy 23:19 (7 votes)

    Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

  • Deuteronomy 23:20 (7 votes)

    Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Ezekiel 18:8 (6 votes)

    He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Proverbs 28:8 (5 votes)

    ¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.