Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the Lord had made his journey successful or not.

"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.

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

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.

You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil."

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

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,

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father's iniquity; he will surely live.

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.