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The 16 most-voted verses about usury, from 10 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 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)

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)

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 15:10 (BSB)

¶ Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; [yet] every one of them doth curse me.

Jeremiah 15:10 (KJV)

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

Jeremiah 15:10 (WEB)

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

Ezekiel 18:8 (BSB)

He [that] hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, [that] hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:8 (KJV)

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:8 (WEB)

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 18:13 (BSB)

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

Ezekiel 18:13 (KJV)

has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

Ezekiel 18:13 (WEB)

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.

Ezekiel 18:17 (BSB)

[That] hath taken off his hand from the poor, [that] hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

Ezekiel 18:17 (KJV)

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

Ezekiel 18:17 (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)

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)

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

Leviticus 25:37 (BSB)

Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

Leviticus 25:37 (KJV)

You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

Leviticus 25:37 (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)

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

Nehemiah 5:7 (BSB)

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Nehemiah 5:7 (KJV)

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

Nehemiah 5:7 (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)

Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

Luke 19:23 (BSB)

Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?

Luke 19:23 (KJV)

Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

Luke 19:23 (WEB)

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