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Exodus 22

Ex. 22:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If thou lend
lavah (Hebrew #3867)
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
KJV usage: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
Pronounce: law-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
money
keceph (Hebrew #3701)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
KJV usage: money, price, silver(-ling).
Pronounce: keh'-sef
Origin: from 3700
to any of my people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
that is poor
`aniy (Hebrew #6041)
depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as 6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making 6035 subjective and 6041 objective)
KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Pronounce: aw-nee'
Origin: from 6031
by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer
nashah (Hebrew #5383)
to lend or (by reciprocity) borrow on security or interest
KJV usage: creditor, exact, extortioner, lend, usurer, lend on (taker on) usury.
Pronounce: naw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 5382, in the sense of 5378)
w, neither shalt thou lay
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
upon him usury
neshek (Hebrew #5392)
interest on a debt
KJV usage: usury.
Pronounce: neh'-shek
Origin: from 5391
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Neh. 5:7• 7{i}And I consulted with myself; and I{/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. (Neh. 5:7)
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Psa. 15:5• 5His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:5)
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Ezek. 18:8,17• 8{i}he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,{/i}
 17that 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. (Ezek. 18:8,17)

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Loans,
Money,
Poor,
Usury

Cross References

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Lev. 25:35‑37• 35And if thy brother grow poor and be fallen into decay beside thee, then thou shalt relieve him, stranger or sojourner, that he may live beside thee.
 36Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God, that thy brother may live beside thee.
 37Thy money shalt thou not give him on usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. (Lev. 25:35‑37)
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Deut. 23:19‑20• 19{i}Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:{/i}
 20{i}of a foreigner thou mayest take interest, but of thy brother thou shalt not take interest; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the business of thy hand in the land whither thou goest to possess it.{/i} (Deut. 23:19‑20)
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2 Kings 4:1,7• 1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons as bondmen.
 7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, {i}and live thou and thy sons on the rest.{/i} (2 Kings 4:1,7)
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Neh. 5:2‑5,7,10‑11• 2{i}And there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many, and we must procure corn that we may eat and live.{/i}
 3{i}And there were that said,{/i} We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards and houses that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
 4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
 5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters {i}to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already; neither is it in the power of our hand to redeem them, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.{/i}
 7{i}And I consulted with myself; and I{/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.
 10{i}I also, my brethren and my servants, we might exact usury of them, money and corn. I pray you, let us leave off this usury.{/i}
 11{i}Restore, I pray you, to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive-gardens, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine and the oil, that ye have exacted of them.{/i} (Neh. 5:2‑5,7,10‑11)
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Psa. 15:5• 5His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:5)
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Prov. 28:8• 8{i}He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance{HR}Gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.{/i} (Prov. 28:8)
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Jer. 15:10• 10{i}Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.{/i} (Jer. 15:10)
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Ezek. 18:8,17• 8{i}he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,{/i}
 17that 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. (Ezek. 18:8,17)
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Matt. 25:27• 27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have got mine own with interest. (Matt. 25:27)
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Luke 19:23• 23And why gavest thou not my money into a bank, and at my coming I should have received it with interest? (Luke 19:23)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

W. Kelly Translation

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—If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)