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Bible Verses About Charging Interest
Find Bible verses about charging interest — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about charging interest?
The Bible addresses charging interest with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 28:15
“As a roaring lion or a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over helpless people.”
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Leviticus 25:36
“Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.”
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Proverbs 28:8
“He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.”
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Ezekiel 18:8
“he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,”
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Matthew 25:27
“You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.”
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Deuteronomy 23:19
“You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:”
Ezekiel 22:12
“In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.”
Leviticus 25:37
“You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.”
Luke 19:23
“Then why didn't you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?'”
2 Timothy 2:14
“Remind them of these things, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they don't argue about words, to no profit, to the subverting of those who hear.”
Ruth 2:5
“Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, "Whose young lady is this?"”
Haggai 1:4
“"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?”
Ezekiel 33:30
“As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, Please come and hear what is the...”
Ruth 4:6
“The near kinsman said, "I can't redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can't redeem it."”
Acts 19:25
“whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, "Sirs, you know that by this business we have our wealth.”
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