Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
A stranger
General references
Bible References
A stranger
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of any thing that died of itself; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates that he may eat it, or thou may sell it unto an alien; for thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not cook a kid in his mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 15:3
Of the foreigner thou shalt demand that it be repaid; but that which thy brother has of thine thy hand shall release,
Leviticus 19:33
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not oppress him.
That the
Deuteronomy 15:10
Thou shalt surely give unto him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him because for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
Proverbs 19:17
He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.
Isaiah 1:19
If ye are willing and hearken, ye shall eat the good of the land;
Luke 14:14
and thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
General references
Exodus 22:25
If thou should lend money to my people, to the poor who is with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Deuteronomy 15:3
Of the foreigner thou shalt demand that it be repaid; but that which thy brother has of thine thy hand shall release,