Thematic Bible: Usury or interest
Thematic Bible
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor
“If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.
"If your brother becomes destitute and cannot sustain himself among you, you are to support him as a foreigner or temporary resident, so that he can continue to live among you. Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you. You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell [him] your food for profit.
Usury or interest » True and faithful israelites never took, from their brethren
or take a bribe against the innocent
the one who does these things will never be moved.
He doesn't lend at interest or for profit but keeps his hand from wrongdoing and carries out true justice between men. He follows My statutes and keeps My ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live." [This is] the declaration of the Lord God .
Usury or interest » Illustrative of the improvement of talents received from God
Usury or interest » The jews » Forbidden to take, from brethren
“Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or anything that can earn interest.
Usury or interest » The jews » Allowed to take, from strangers
You may charge a foreigner interest, but you must not charge your brother interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in everything you do in the land you are entering to possess.
Usury or interest » The jews » Required to restore
Then I said, "What you are doing isn't right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God [and not invite] the reproach of our foreign enemies? Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest. Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been assessing them." read more.
They responded: "We will return [these things] and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say." So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this. I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
They responded: "We will return [these things] and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say." So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this. I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Usury or interest » The lending of money or other property for increase
You are not to lend him your silver with interest or sell him your food for profit.
Usury or interest » The jews » Often guilty of taking
I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, "Each of you is charging his countrymen interest." So I called a large assembly against them
Usury or interest » The curse attending the giving or receiving of unlawful, alluded to
that you gave birth to me,
a man who incites dispute and conflict
in all the land.
I did not lend or borrow,
yet everyone curses me.
Usury or interest » Judgments denounced against those who exacted unlawful
Look, the Lord is stripping the earth bare and making it desolate. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants: people and priest alike, servant and master, female servant and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
Usury or interest » Those enriched by unlawful, not allowed to enjoy their gain
He is a stronghold of salvation for His anointed.