One in Messiah Congregation
A few scriptures maybe you never considered...
Where does it say in the scriptures to sell the Word of God or sell your music to worship God? NO!!
Should we pay for a Passover or feast of Tabernacles
gathering? NO!!
Did any prophet, priest or apostle charge anyone
to hear the Word of the Lord? NO!!
Did Moses, Miriam or David sell their songs? NO!!
Should we make a profit on our brothers and sisters? NO!!
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Remember:
Job.11[
6] ...
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Mic.3[9] Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.[10] They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.[11] The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.[12] Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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Matt.5[ 40] And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.[ 41] And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.[42 ] Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Acts.8[14] Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:[15] Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:[16] (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)[17] Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.[18] And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,[19] Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.[20] But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.[21] Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.[22] Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.[23] For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.[24] Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Matt.21[12] And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,[13] And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Judg.5[1] Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Did Deborah charge for her singing? NO!!
Matt.10[
8] Heal the sick, cleanse the
lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give
.[9] Provide neither
gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, [10
] Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither
shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
Exod.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.
Lev.25[
35] And if thy brother be waxen
poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though
he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.[
36] Take thou
no usury of him, or increase
:
Deut.23[ 19] Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: [ 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 that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Neh.5[ 8] And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.[ 9] Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?[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.[11 ] Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.[12] Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.[13 ] Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
Pss.15[1 ] LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?[2] He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.[3] He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.[4] In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.[5] He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Prov.28[ 8] He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Isa.24[
1] Behold, the LORD maketh the
earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth
abroad the inhabitants thereof.
[2] And it shall be, as with
the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; 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 the giver of usury to him.[
3] The land shall be utterly
emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.[
4] The earth mourneth and fadeth away,
the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.[
5] The earth also is defiled
under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed
the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.[6
] Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and
they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth
are burned, and few men
Jer.15[ 10] Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Ezek.18[ 4] Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.[5] But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,[ 6] And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,[ 7] And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;[ 8] He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,[9] Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.[13] Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
[17] That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Ezek.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 , and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.[ 13] Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Deut.15[1
] At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a
release.[2] And this is the
manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour
shall release it;he shall not exact it of his neighbour
, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's
release.[3] Of a foreigner thou
mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand
shall release;[4] Save when
there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in
the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:[
5] Only if thou carefully hearken
unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments
which I command thee this day.[6
] For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and
thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt
reign over many nations,but they shall not reign over thee.[
7] If there be among you a poor man
of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy
God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from
thy poor brother:[8] But thou
shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for
his need, in that which he wanteth.[9
] Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying,
The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against
thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against
thee, and it be sin unto thee.[10
] Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved
when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.[
11] For the poor shall never
cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Neh.5[
1] And there was a great cry
of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.[
2] For there were that said, We, our
sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that
we may eat, and live.[3] Some
also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses,
that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.[4
] There were also that said, We have borrowed money
for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
[5] Yet now our flesh is as
the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring
into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters
are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them;
for other men have our lands and vineyards.
[6] And I was very angry when
I heard their cry and these words.[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. And I set a great assembly against
them.[8] And I said unto them,
We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto
the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto
us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.[
9] Also I said, It is not good that
ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach
of the heathen our enemies?
[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.
[11] Restore,
I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards,
and their houses, also the the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn,
the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.[12
] Then said they, We will restore them, and will require
nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and
took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
Isa.58[
1] Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the
house of Jacob their sins.
[2] Yet they seek me daily,
and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook
not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they
take delight in approaching to God.[3
] Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore
have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day
of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact
all your labours.
Luke.3[ 13] And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
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usurer: One who lends money at interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawfully high rate.
usury The practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate.
An excessive or illegally high rate of interest charged on borrowed money.
Archaic. Interest charged or paid on a loan.
Total KJV Occurrences: 16
usury, 5
Neh_5:7, Neh_5:10, Isa_24:2, Jer_15:10 (2)
exact, 2
Neh_5:10-11 (3)
lend, 2
Deu_24:10-11 (2)
lent, 2
Jer_15:10 (2)
creditor, 1
2Ki_4:1
creditors, 1
Isa_50:1 (2)
extortioner, 1
Psa_109:11
lendeth, 1
Deu_15:2
usurer, 1
Exo_22:25