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Leviticus 25:36
Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
Leviticus 25:36 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Leviticus 25:36 in other translations
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.
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In context
33 If they be not redeemed, in the jubilee they shall all return to the owners: because the houses of the cities of the Levites are for their possessions among the children of Israel.
34 But let not their suburbs be sold, because it is a perpetual possession.
35 If thy brother be impoverished, and weak of hand, and thou receive him as a stranger and sojourner, and he live with thee:
36 Take not usury of him nor more than thou gavest. Fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury: nor exact of him any increase of fruits.
38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might give you the land of Chanaan, and might be your God.
39 If thy brother constrained by poverty, sell himself to thee: thou shalt not oppress him with the service of bondservants.
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