You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess. Cross References Exodus 22:25 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. Leviticus 25:36 Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you. Deuteronomy 15:3 You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you. Deuteronomy 15:10 Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand. Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none. Nehemiah 5:7 and after serious thought I rebuked the nobles and officials, saying, "You are exacting usury from your own brothers!" So I called a large assembly against them Psalm 15:5 who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. Isaiah 24:2 people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. Ezekiel 18:8 He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. Treasury of Scripture To a stranger you may lend on usury; but to your brother you shall not lend on usury: that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it. a stranger Deuteronomy 14:21 Deuteronomy 15:3 Leviticus 19:33,34 that the Deuteronomy 15:10 Proverbs 19:17 Isaiah 1:19 |