Deuteronomy 23:20

New International Reader's Version

You can charge interest to people from another country. But don’t charge your own people. Then the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. He will bless you in the land you are entering to take as your own.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:7

I thought it over for a while. Then I accused the nobles and officials of breaking the law. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large group of people to handle the matter.

Psalm 15:5

They lend their money to poor people without charging interest. They don’t accept money to harm those who aren’t guilty. Anyone who lives like that will always be secure.

Exodus 22:24

And I will get angry. I will kill you with a sword. Your wives will become widows. Your children’s fathers will die.

Exodus 22:25

“Suppose you lend money to one of my people among you who is in need. Then do not treat it like a business deal. Do not charge any interest at all.

Proverbs 19:17

Anyone who is kind to poor people lends to the Lord. God will reward them for what they have done.

Isaiah 1:19

But you have to be willing to change and obey me. If you are, you will eat the good things that grow on the land.

Isaiah 24:2

Priests and people alike will suffer. So will masters and their servants. And so will women and their female servants. Sellers and buyers alike will suffer. So will those who borrow and those who lend. And so will those who owe money and those who lend it.

Ezekiel 18:8

He does not charge interest when he lends money to them. He does not make money from them. He keeps himself from doing what is wrong. He judges cases fairly.

Leviticus 25:36

Do not charge them interest of any kind. Instead, have respect for God. Then those who have become poor can continue to live among you.

Luke 14:14

Then you will be blessed. Your guests can’t pay you back. But you will be paid back when those who are right with God rise from the dead.”

1 Corinthians 15:58

My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord. Because you belong to the Lord, you know that your work is not worthless.

Deuteronomy 14:21

If you find something that’s already dead, don’t eat it. You can give it to an outsider living in any of your towns. They may eat it. Or you can sell it to someone from another country. But you are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself. Don’t cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Deuteronomy 15:10

So give freely to needy people. Let your heart be tender toward them. Then the Lord your God will bless you in all your work. He will bless you in everything you do.

Deuteronomy 15:3

You can require someone from another nation to pay you back. But you must forgive what any of your own people owes you.

Deuteronomy 28:12

The Lord will open up the heavens. That’s where he stores his riches. He will send rain on your land at just the right time. He’ll bless everything you do. You will lend money to many nations. But you won’t have to borrow from any of them.