Exodus 22:25

Poverty and the vulnerable Money and wealth Mercy and compassion Generosity

²³ If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

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

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.

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

²⁷ because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: If you lend silver [to] My people, the poor with you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you⁺ shall not lay on him interest.

ÅB: Dersom du låner penger til noen av mitt folk, til den fattige som bor hos deg, da skal du ikke være imot ham som en ågerkardere skal ikke kreve renter av ham.
OTB: «Hvis du låner penger til mitt folk, til de trengende blant dere, ikke oppfør deg som en kreditor; krev ingen renter.
B1930: Dersom du låner penger til nogen av mitt folk, til den fattige som bor hos dig, da skal du ikke være imot ham som en ågerkar; I skal ikke kreve renter av ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 15:5
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
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Leviticus 25:35–37
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.
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Deuteronomy 23:19–20
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
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Ezekiel 18:8
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
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Nehemiah 5:7
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
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Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
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Ezekiel 18:17
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.
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Nehemiah 5:2–5
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
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