I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended.

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

Fear

No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God.

Then I said, "The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies?

General references

"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.