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The 12 most-voted verses about charging interest, from 8 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

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.

Exodus 22:25 (BSB)

¶ 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.

Exodus 22:25 (KJV)

“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.

Exodus 22:25 (WEB)

Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.

Deuteronomy 23:19 (BSB)

¶ Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Deuteronomy 23:19 (KJV)

You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

Deuteronomy 23:19 (WEB)

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

Psalm 15:5 (BSB)

[He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.

Psalm 15:5 (KJV)

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

Psalm 15:5 (WEB)

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

Proverbs 28:8 (BSB)

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Proverbs 28:8 (KJV)

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Proverbs 28:8 (WEB)

Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received it back with interest.

Matthew 25:27 (BSB)

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Matthew 25:27 (KJV)

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

Matthew 25:27 (WEB)

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.

Leviticus 25:35 (BSB)

¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Leviticus 25:35 (KJV)

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

Leviticus 25:35 (WEB)

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

Leviticus 25:36 (BSB)

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

Leviticus 25:36 (KJV)

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

Leviticus 25:36 (WEB)

You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 23:20 (BSB)

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deuteronomy 23:20 (KJV)

You may charge a foreigner interest; but you shall not charge your brother interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

Deuteronomy 23:20 (WEB)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (BSB)

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (KJV)

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (WEB)

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.

Ezekiel 22:12 (BSB)

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:12 (KJV)

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 22:12 (WEB)

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Matthew 5:42 (BSB)

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Matthew 5:42 (KJV)

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

Matthew 5:42 (WEB)

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 (BSB)

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 (KJV)

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 (WEB)

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