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Read Full Chapter (Leviticus 25) Leviticus 25:36-37 KJV
"Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase."
Leviticus Chapter 25, Verse 36-37
Leviticus 25:36-37 in Context (Verses 33–40 KJV)
33
And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel.*
34
But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession.
35
¶ 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.**
36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
38
I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.
39
¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:*
40
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: