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Exodus 22:25 (Listen)

25 t“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.

Leviticus 25:36 (Listen)

36 aTake no interest from him or profit, but bfear your God, that your brother may live beside you.

Deuteronomy 23:19 (Listen)

19 y“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, zinterest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest.

Ezekiel 18:8 (Listen)

hdoes not lend at interest hor take any profit,1 withholds his hand from injustice, iexecutes true justice between man and man,

Footnotes

[1] 18:8 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)

Ezekiel 22:12 (Listen)

12 In you sthey take bribes to shed blood; tyou take interest and profit1 and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but ume you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Footnotes

[1] 22:12 That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor (compare Leviticus 25:36)