charging interest
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25If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.
19You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest,
5He who has not given his money in usury, nor accepted bribes against the innocent. He who does these things will be undisturbed for eternity.
19You shall not lend money, or grain, or anything else at all, to your brother at interest, 20but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it.
8Whoever piles up riches by usury and profit gathers them for him who will give freely to the poor.
35If your brother has become impoverished, or infirm of hand, and you take him in, like a newcomer or a sojourner, and he lives with you, 36do not accept usury from him, nor anything more than what you gave. Fear your God, so that your brother may be able to live with you. 37You shall not give him your money by usury, nor exact from him an overabundance of produce.
27Therefore, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and then, at my arrival, at least I would have received what is mine with interest.
7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
12They have accepted bribes among you to shed blood. You have received usury and superabundance, and in avarice you have oppressed your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, says the Lord God.
20but only to a foreigner. For you shall lend to your brother whatever he needs without interest, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all your works in the land, which you shall enter so as to possess it.
34And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is due to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive the same in return. 35So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
42Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
36do not accept usury from him, nor anything more than what you gave. Fear your God, so that your brother may be able to live with you.
35If your brother has become impoverished, or infirm of hand, and you take him in, like a newcomer or a sojourner, and he lives with you,