Charging Interest

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury. — read the full passage →

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much. — read the full passage →

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, `Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly,

In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood is on him.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

Good <FI>is<Fi> the man--gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

And it hath been--as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting <FI>it<Fi> on himself.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; — read the full passage →

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked, He doth not die for the iniquity of his father, He doth surely live.

Woe to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me--All of them are reviling me.

yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we--are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.'

thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury.

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother; — read the full passage →

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee; — read the full passage →

and Mine anger hath burned, and I have slain you by the sword, and your wives have been widows, and your sons orphans.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`Then shall the reign of the heavens be likened to ten virgins, who, having taken their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom; — read the full passage →

of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much.

`Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants, — read the full passage →

A Psalm of David. Jehovah, who doth sojourn in Thy tent? Who doth dwell in Thy holy hill? — read the full passage →

Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens. — read the full passage →

I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, who hath brought you out of the land of Egypt, to give to you the land of Canaan, to become your God.

`For--as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, — read the full passage →

`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

yea, there are who are saying, `Our sons, and our daughters, we--are many, and we receive corn, and eat, and live.' — read the full passage →

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, — read the full passage →

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, — read the full passage →

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed <FI>is<Fi> for a blessing.

A man--he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment, — read the full passage →

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Be not therefore anxious for the morrow, for the morrow shall be anxious for its own things; sufficient for the day <FI>is<Fi> the evil of it.

Lo, Jehovah is emptying the land, And is making it waste, And hath overturned <FI>it on<Fi> its face, And hath scattered its inhabitants. — read the full passage →

`One wounded, bruised, or cut in the member doth not enter into the assembly of Jehovah;

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

And there is a great cry of the people and their wives, concerning their brethren the Jews, — read the full passage →

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

And a man, when he is righteous, And hath done judgment and righteousness, — read the full passage →

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

and wherefore didst thou not give my money to the bank, and I, having come, with interest might have received it?

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

`When a man doth take a wife, and hath married her, and it hath been, if she doth not find grace in his eyes (for he hath found in her nakedness of anything), and he hath written for her a writing of divorce, and given <FI>it<Fi> into her hand, and sent her out of his house, — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother; — read the full passage →

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction, — read the full passage →

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in mount Sinai, saying,

Evil <FI>one<Fi> suffereth when he hath been surety <FI>for<Fi> a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

And also, I, my brethren, and my servants, are exacting of them silver and corn; let us leave off, I pray you, this usury. — read the full passage →

only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent--this very thing--to do.

infirm ones be healing, lepers be cleansing, dead be raising, demons be casting out--freely ye did receive, freely give.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

A man--he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment, — read the full passage →

To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it. — read the full passage →

and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak. — read the full passage →

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> . — read the full passage →

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent <FI>to<Fi> many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

and five of them were prudent, and five foolish;

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell <FI>in<Fi> the land, and enjoy faithfulness,