Exodus 22:25
22:25 “If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20
Respect for Others’ Property
23:19 You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.
23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.
Nehemiah 5:1-6
Nehemiah Intervenes on behalf of the Oppressed
5:1 Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
5:2 There were those who said, “With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
5:3 There were others who said, “We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine.”
5:4 Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards.
5:5 And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people.”
5:6 I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints.
Psalms 15:5
15:5 He does not charge interest when he lends his money.
He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent.
The one who lives like this will never be upended.