Matthew 25:27

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.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

Take no interest from him or profit; but fear your God, that your brother may live among you.

For they speak against you wickedly. Your enemies take your name in vain.

For while we were yet weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.

The upright will see it, and be glad. All the wicked will shut their mouths.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”

But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

“Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly. Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth, for Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.

They pour out arrogant words. All the evildoers boast.

When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.

who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who hasn’t received interest or increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father. He shall surely live.

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.

He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”

He said to him, “You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.”

When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

What then? Are we better than they? No, in no way. For we previously warned both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who doesn’t continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.”

Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, don’t you listen to the law?

But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

whose mouths must be stopped: men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.

“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

Many will follow their immoral ways, and as a result, the way of the truth will be maligned.

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

Moses said, “Now Yahweh will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor. You shall not charge him interest.

He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness; for no man will prevail by strength.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

Let the lying lips be mute, which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

he will make your righteousness shine out like light, and your justice as the noon day sun.

They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.

Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise Yah!

Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes; but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them curses me.

has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.

“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished; for that which is determined will be done.

My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!

The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

Be silent at the presence of the Lord Yahweh, for the day of Yahweh is at hand. For Yahweh has prepared a sacrifice. He has consecrated his guests.

Be silent, all flesh, before Yahweh; for he has roused himself from his holy habitation!”

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

But she said, “Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into God’s Kingdom before you.

and he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?’ He was speechless.

saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

Again he returned, and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy, and they didn’t know what to answer him.

But if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.

But it was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for this, your brother, was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is found.’ ”

“He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn’t lay down, and reaping that which I didn’t sow.

Then why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank, and at my coming, I might have earned interest on it?’

They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.

He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.

The multitude answered him, “We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up?’ Who is this Son of Man?”

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;

in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

May it never be! Yes, let God be found true, but every man a liar. As it is written, “that you might be justified in your words, and might prevail when you come into judgment.”

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.

Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Where then is the boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith.

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

that no flesh should boast before God.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

But those who are outside, God judges. “Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.”

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

to execute judgment on all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”

I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.

He who testifies these things says, “Yes, I come quickly.” Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.