Bible Verses About Usury
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for usury, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 67,472 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 Usury
Exodus 22:252,964 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.
Psalms 15:52,359 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.
Proverbs 28:82,304 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Ezekiel 18:132,197 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.
Deuteronomy 23:192,108 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:
Ezekiel 22:121,987 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.
Leviticus 25:361,939 votes
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Matthew 25:271,885 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.
Ezekiel 18:81,882 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He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Ezekiel 18:171,861 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:19-201,855 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:
Jeremiah 15:101,851 votes
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.
Leviticus 25:371,654 votes
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Deuteronomy 23:201,603 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.
Nehemiah 5:71,417 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.
Leviticus 25:35-371,401 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.
Proverbs 22:71,208 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Luke 19:231,147 votes
Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
Nehemiah 5:10981 votes
I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Isaiah 24:2975 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.
Luke 6:35904 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.
Nehemiah 5:1-13830 votes
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Leviticus 25:36-37776 votes
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Psalms 15:1-5726 votes
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
Psalms 37:21688 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
What does the Bible say about usury?
Readers most often cite Exodus 22:25 on the subject of usury. Across 67,472 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 15:5, Proverbs 28:8, Ezekiel 18:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.