Usury

"Usury: The sum paid for the use of money, hence interest; not, as in the modern sense, exorbitant interest. The Jews were forbidden to exact usury in their dealings with each other." Easton's Bible Dictionary

"I was shown that the subject of taking usury should be considered by Sabbathkeepers." 1T 534

"If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury." Exodus 22:25

"And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: . . . Take thou no usury of him, or increase: . . . that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase." Leviticus 25:35-37

"Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury." Deuteronomy 23:19

"He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor." Proverbs 28:8

"And it shall be . . . as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. . . . Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth." Isaiah 24:2-6

"I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury." Jeremiah 15:10

"And I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. . . . I pray you, let us leave off this usury." Nehemiah 5:7, 10

"Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? . . . He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved." Psalm 15:1, 5