Exodus 22:25 “If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

World English Bible

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.

American Standard Version

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

Darby Translation

— If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

Young's Literal Translation

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

Bible in Basic English

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

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Cross references

“If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”

Leviticus 25:35–37 Psalm 15:5 Ezekiel 18:8 Nehemiah 5:7 Proverbs 28:8 Ezekiel 18:17

Leviticus 25:35–37 · BSB

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Psalm 15:5 · BSB

who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

Ezekiel 18:8 · BSB

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

Nehemiah 5:7 · BSB

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

Proverbs 28:8 · BSB

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

Ezekiel 18:17 · BSB

He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.

Also

Ezekiel 18:13 Ezekiel 22:12

Ezekiel 18:13 · BSB

He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

Ezekiel 22:12 · BSB

In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

24My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword; then your wives will become widows and your children will be fatherless.

26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Read Exodus 22