Bible Verses About Charging Interest
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for charging interest, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 67,693 votes, led by Exodus 22:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Charging Interest
Exodus 22:253,232 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:192,554 votes
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Psalms 15:52,423 votes
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Deuteronomy 23:19-202,405 votes
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Proverbs 28:82,371 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Leviticus 25:35-372,120 votes
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.
Matthew 25:271,822 votes
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
Proverbs 22:71,693 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Ezekiel 22:121,660 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:201,607 votes
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.
Luke 6:34-351,553 votes
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Matthew 5:421,514 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Romans 13:81,464 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Leviticus 25:361,311 votes
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Leviticus 25:351,034 votes
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.
Nehemiah 5:71,005 votes
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.
Ezekiel 18:13996 votes
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.
Psalms 37:21971 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Ezekiel 18:8944 votes
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,
Revelation 1:1929 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Leviticus 25:37922 votes
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Psalms 112:5908 votes
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Luke 6:35900 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Leviticus 25:36-37899 votes
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Isaiah 24:2844 votes
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
What does the Bible say about charging interest?
Readers most often cite Exodus 22:25 on the subject of charging interest. Across 67,693 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 23:19, Psalms 15:5, Deuteronomy 23:19-20. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.