Deuteronomy 23:19 Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:19
19: "Do not charge interest on the loans you make to a fellow Israelite, whether it is money, food, or anything else that may be loaned with interest.
Exodus 22:25
- "If you lend money to a fellow Hebrew in need, do not be like a money lender, charging interest.
Leviticus 25:35
- "If any of your Israelite relatives fall into poverty and cannot support themselves, support them as you would a resident foreigner and allow them to live with you.
- Do not demand an advance or charge interest on the money you lend them. Instead, show your fear of God by letting them live with you as your relatives.
- Remember, do not charge your relatives interest on anything you lend them, whether money or food.
Psalms 15:5
- Those who do not charge interest on the money they lend, and who refuse to accept bribes to testify against the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.
Nehemiah 5:1
- About this time some of the men and their wives raised a cry of protest against their fellow Jews.
- They were saying, "We have such large families. We need more money just so we can buy the food we need to survive."
- Others said, "We have mortgaged our fields, vineyards, and homes to get food during the famine."
- And others said, "We have already borrowed to the limit on our fields and vineyards to pay our taxes.
- We belong to the same family, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others."
Ezekiel 18:7
- Suppose he is a merciful creditor, not keeping the items given in pledge by poor debtors, and does not rob the poor but instead gives food to the hungry and provides clothes for people in need.
- And suppose he grants loans without interest, stays away from injustice, is honest and fair when judging others,
Ezekiel 18:13
- and lends money at interest. Should such a sinful person live? No! He must die and must take full blame.
Ezekiel 18:16
- and does not exploit the poor, but instead is fair to debtors and does not rob them. And suppose this son feeds the hungry, provides clothes for the needy,
- helps the poor, does not lend money at interest, and obeys all my regulations and laws. Such a person will not die because of his father's sins; he will surely live.
- But the father will die for the many sins he committed--for being cruel and robbing close relatives, doing what was clearly wrong among his people.
Luke 6:34
- And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, what good is that? Even sinners will lend to their own kind for a full return.
- "Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.
Ezekiel 22:12
- There are hired murderers, loan racketeers, and extortioners everywhere! They never even think of me and my commands, says the Sovereign LORD.