Nehemiah 5:7
5:7 I considered these things carefully
and then registered a complaint with the wealthy
and the officials. I said to them, “Each one of you is seizing the collateral
from your own countrymen!”
Because of them I called for
a great public assembly.
Exodus 22:25-27
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.
22:26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
22:27 for it is his only covering – it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.
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.
Ezekiel 18:8
18:8 does not engage in usury or charge interest,
but refrains
from wrongdoing, promotes true justice
between men,
Ezekiel 18:13
18:13 engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die.
He will bear the responsibility for his own death.