Leviticus 25:36 “Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that y…”

Leviticus 25:36

Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

World English Bible

Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.

American Standard Version

Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.

Young's Literal Translation

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

Bible in Basic English

Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.

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Cross references

“usury”

Exodus 22:25 Ezekiel 18:8 Ezekiel 18:13 Ezekiel 18:17 Nehemiah 5:7–10 Psalm 15:5

Exodus 22:25 · BSB

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.

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.

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 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.

Nehemiah 5:7–10 · 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

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.

“fear”

Leviticus 25:17 Nehemiah 5:15 Nehemiah 5:9

Leviticus 25:17 · BSB

Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.

Nehemiah 5:15 · BSB

The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.

Nehemiah 5:9 · BSB

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

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

In context

35Now 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.

37You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.

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