The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men,

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.

refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father’s iniquity; he will surely live.

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.