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Usury in the Bible - a Christian perspective


God strictly forbade the Israelites against usury when they loaned money to other Israelites, but they could when loaning to Gentiles. It's important to remember that usury used to mean charging any kind of interest, not just exorbitant interest.
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Related Bible Verses

Deuteronomy 23:20 (KJV)

 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,”
- Ephesians 5:25-26
Today's passage is from the New International Version of the Bible
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