A moment in scripture
Leviticus 25:37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 25:35
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.
- Leviticus 25:36
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Leviticus 25:38
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.
- Leviticus 25:39
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:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.