Exodus 22:25-26

25 aIf 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. 26 bIf ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

Leviticus 25:35-36

Kindness for Poor Brothers

35“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, cyou shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. 36 dTake no interest from him or profit, but efear your God, that your brother may live beside you.

Deuteronomy 23:19

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

Nehemiah 5:1

Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor

1Now there arose ha great outcry of the people and of their wives iagainst their Jewish brothers.

Nehemiah 5:7

7I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, j“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them

Psalms 15:5

5who kdoes not put out his money at interest
and ldoes not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be mmoved.

Ezekiel 18:8

8 ndoes not lend at interest oor 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, qexecutes true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:13

13 rlends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; shis blood shall be upon himself.

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