Usury
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Usury

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Usury (17 Occurrences)
... The Jews were forbidden to exact usury (Leviticus 25:36, 37), only, however, in
their dealings with each other (Deuteronomy 23:19, 20). ...USURY. ...
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Victuals (32 Occurrences)
... (ASV WBS). Leviticus 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor
lend him thy victuals for increase. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Usurious (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant
interest for the use of money; as, a usurious lender. ...
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Loan (9 Occurrences)
... At a later period of the Hebrew commonwealth, when commerce increased, the practice
of exacting usury or interest on loans, and of suretiship in the commercial ...
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Lend (21 Occurrences)
... lend" (Deuteronomy 24:11 Jeremiah 15:10); nashah (same root as last, though different
verb stem, Hiphil), "to cause to bite," "lend on usury" (Deuteronomy 15:2 ...
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Interest (35 Occurrences)
... The Hebrew words are usually translated "usury," but this meant the same as interest,
all interest being reckoned as usury. ... See also USURY. JJ Reeve. ...
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Banking
... (3) "Usury" in English Versions of the Bible is simply Old English for what we today
call "interest," ie the sum paid for the use of money, Latin usura; and ...
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Debt (48 Occurrences)
...Usury was strongly condemned (Proverbs 28:8; Ezek. ... We read of bankers, exchangers,
moneychangers, interest, investments, usury (Matthew 25:16-27 John 2:13-17). ...
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Bank (28 Occurrences)
... (3) "Usury" in English Versions of the Bible is simply Old English for what we today
call "interest," ie the sum paid for the use of money, Latin usura; and ...
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Lender (4 Occurrences)
... as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as
with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with ...
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Extortion (14 Occurrences)
... to him. The element of covetousness and usury is involved in the meaning
of this word; for it is greedily gotten gain. The publicans ...
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Exacting (5 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with
the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting ...
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Borrower (3 Occurrences)
... as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as
with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with ...
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Borrowed (5 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 15:10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And
a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they ...
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Contends (6 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 15:10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And
a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they ...
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Settest (13 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 23:20 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 ...
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Strives (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 15:10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And
a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they ...
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Debtor (7 Occurrences)
... DEBT; DEBTOR. det, det'-er: It is difficult nowadays to think of debt without
associating with it the idea of interest, and even usury. ...
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Exact (31 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Goest (79 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 23:20 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 ...
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Reviling (47 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 15:10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And
a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they ...
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Whither (151 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 23:20 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 ...
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Increase (184 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Leviticus 25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God;
that thy brother may live with thee. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). ...
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Use (620 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) The premium paid for the possession and employment of borrowed money; interest;
usury. 8. (n.) The benefit or profit of lands and tenements. ...
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Usurp (1 Occurrence)

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Usurer (2 Occurrences)
... Exodus 22:25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt
not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. ...
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Us-ward (4 Occurrences)
Us-ward. << Usury, Us-ward. Uta >>. Multi-Version Concordance Us-ward (4 Occurrences). ...
(KJV ASV). << Usury, Us-ward. Uta >>. Reference Bible.
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Overreached (1 Occurrence)
... Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury
and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast ...
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Oughtest (4 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. ...
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Lent (9 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money
and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. (See JPS). ...
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Gavest (36 Occurrences)
... Luke 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming
I might have required mine own with usury? (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Givest (31 Occurrences)
... See RSV). Leviticus 25:37 thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and
for increase thou givest not thy food; (YLT). Deuteronomy 15 ...
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Increaseth (21 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth
his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. ...
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Freemen (17 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with
the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting ...
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Favouring (4 Occurrences)
... to him. (YLT). Proverbs 28:8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and
usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. (YLT). ...
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Takest (17 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 25:36 thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been
afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; (YLT). ...
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Required (72 Occurrences)
... Luke 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming
I might have required mine own with usury? (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Remonstrated (6 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Nehemiah 5:7 And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles
and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! ...
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Exaction (2 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Nehemiah 5:10 And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them
money and grain. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. (See JPS). ...
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Exchangers (2 Occurrences)
... Matthew 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. (KJV WBS). ...
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Multiplying (23 Occurrences)
... distress. (YLT). Proverbs 28:8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting
and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. (YLT). ...
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Poverty (25 Occurrences)
... devastation caused by enemies sweeping through the land; the oppression of the people
by their own rulers (Isaiah 5:8); excessive interest, usury (Nehemiah 5:1 ...
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Plead (64 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand
in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of ...
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Perversity (23 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Ezekiel 18:8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity
he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man. ...
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Prefects (18 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with
the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting ...
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Poor (276 Occurrences)
... (4.) Usury was forbidden, and the pledged raiment was to be returned before
the sun went down (Exodus 22:25-27; Deuteronomy 24:10-13). ...
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Biting (12 Occurrences)
... pass. (DBY). Proverbs 28:8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and
usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it. (YLT). ...
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Bribe (27 Occurrences)
... (WEB NIV). Psalms 15:5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe
against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. ...
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Creditor (8 Occurrences)
... participle of nashah: Exodus 22:24 (English translation: 25); 2 Kings 4:1 Isaiah
50:1; translated "extortioner," Psalm 109:11; "taker of usury," Isaiah 24:2 ...
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Covetousness (22 Occurrences)
... part of the Jewish law-such as its enactments and regulations regarding duties toward
the poor, toward servants; concerning gleaning, usury, pledges, gold and ...
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Contended (24 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Cuttest (5 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 22:12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase
thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast ...
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Consulted (33 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Stranger (152 Occurrences)
... The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Leviticus 25:44, 45), and
to take usury from them (Deuteronomy 23:20). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Unjust (44 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (KJV DBY WBS). ...
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Accused (29 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the
rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Neighbours (34 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury
and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion ...
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Wherefore (448 Occurrences)
... (ASV). Luke 19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at
my coming I might have required mine own with usury? (KJV ASV YLT). ...
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Shaken (62 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). Psalms 15:5 he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take
a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. ...
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Rebuked (39 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers,
and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. ...
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Nobles (71 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the
rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Charges (58 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, everyone of his brother. ...
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Unrighteousness (57 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:8 he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn
his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man ...
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Strive (64 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with
the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting ...
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Walks (51 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:17 From the afflicted he hath turned back his hand, Usury and increase
he hath not taken, My judgments he hath done, In My statutes he hath walked ...
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Reigneth (54 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Nehemiah 5:7 and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen,
and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting ...
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Abominable (52 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 18:13 In usury he hath given, and increase taken, And he liveth: he doth
not live, All these abominations he hath done, He doth surely die, his blood ...
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Pledge (55 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles
and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. ...
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Innocent (97 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 15:5 he who doesn't lend out
his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. ...
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Substance (99 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). ...
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Corn (107 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS DBY WBS YLT). Nehemiah 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants,
might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. ...
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Accept (106 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Psalms 15:5 he who doesn't lend
out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. ...
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Beside (326 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Leviticus 25:36 Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt
fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee. (DBY RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/beside.htm - 36k

Gracious (106 Occurrences)
... (DBY YLT NAS RSV). Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor. (DBY JPS NAS). ...
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Stop (108 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Nehemiah 5:10 I likewise, my brothers and my servants, do lend them money
and grain. Please let us leave off this usury. (See NIV). ...
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Gain (142 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. (KJV DBY WBS). ...
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