Proverbs 28:8
8Whoever multiplies his wealth aby interest and profit ▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor
cgathers it for him who is dgenerous to the poor.
Jeremiah 15:10
Jeremiah’s Complaint
10 eWoe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! fI have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.Ezekiel 18:8
8 gdoes not lend at interest hor take any profit, ▼▼That is, profit that comes from charging interest to the poor; also verses 13, 17 (compare Leviticus 25:36)
withholds his hand from injustice, jexecutes true justice between man and man, Ezekiel 18:17
17withholds his hand from iniquity, ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew from the poor
takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, land walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father’s iniquity; mhe shall surely live. Matthew 25:27
27Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.Luke 19:23
23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I might have collected it with interest?’
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