USURY or Interest
USURY or Interest
- The lending of money or other property for increase # Le 25:37
- Those enriched by unlawful, not allowed to enjoy their gain # Ps 28:8
- The curse attending the giving or receiving of unlawful, alluded to # Jer 15:10
- THE JEWS 4a) Forbidden to take, from brethren
# De 23:19
4b) Forbidden to take, from brethren specially when poor # Ex 22:25 Le 25:35-37 4c) Often guilty of taking # Ne 5:6,7 Eze 22:12 4d) Required to restore # Ne 5:9-13 4e) Allowed to take, from strangers # De 23:20 5) True and faithful Israelites never took, from their brethren # Ps 15:5 Eze 18:8,9 6) Judgments denounced against those who exacted unlawful # Isa 24:1,2 Eze 18:13 7) Illustrative of the improvement of talents received from God # Mt 25:27 Lu 19:23