Leviticus 25:36

Poverty and the vulnerable Money and wealth Mercy and compassion Fear

³⁴ But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.

³⁵ 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.

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

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

³⁸ I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God.

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

Compare

BSB: Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
KJV: Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
WEB: Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
ASV: Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
DARBY: Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.
BLB: And you shall not take usury from him or interest; you shall fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

ÅB: Du må ikke ta rente eller overmål av ham, men du skal frykte din Gud, så din bror kan leve med deg.
OTB: Ikke krev renter av dem eller søk profitt fra dem, men frykt din Gud, slik at de kan fortsette å bo blant dere.
B1930: Du må ikke ta rente eller overmål av ham, men du skal frykte din Gud, så din bror kan leve med dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.
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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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Ezekiel 18:13
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.
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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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Leviticus 25:17
Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
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Nehemiah 5:15
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.
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Nehemiah 5:7–10
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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