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Usury (in the original sense of any interest) is scriptually and doctrinally forbidden in many religions. Judaism forbids aJew to lend at interest to another Jew. It's forbidden in Islam. The most recent Catholic teaching on usury is by PopeBenedict XIV in his Vix Pervenithttp://papal-library.saint-mike.org/BenedictXIV/Encyclicals/Vix_Pervenit.html from 1745which strictly forbids the practice, though given the modern day Catholic Church's own bank and investments in thebanking industry, the prohibition has to be regarded as a dead letter. While Jewish law forbids the charging of interest toanother Jew, Jews are not forbidden to charge interest on transactions to non-Jews. Throughout history, the interestattached to loans by Jews to non-Jews is widely considered to have been a central issue in causing a perception of usury,and contributing to a climate of anti-Semitism. Allegations of usury have been one factor leading to forceful confiscationsof property and discrimination against Jews in business practice. Ethnic-based distinctions surrounding the application ofinterest charges are often perceived as pronounced, discriminatory and unjust, and can inflame existing ethnic divisions.Usury and giving false measure has been denounced by almost every major spiritual leader and philosopher of the pastthree thousand years. Plato, Aristotle, Cato (De Re Rustica), Cicero, Seneca, Plutarch, Aquinas, Yeshua-Joshua,Moses and Muhammad are just a few.Biblical Injunctions Against Usury (sample):Timothy 6:10: "The love of money is the root of all evil"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.Leviticus 25:36: Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.Leviticus 25:3:7 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.Deuteronomy 23:19: Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of anything that is lent upon usury.Deut. 23:20: Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: thatthe LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.Deut. 28:44-45: "The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high, and thou shalt come down very low.He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail."Proverbs 22.7: "The rich [usurers] rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender." Prophet Solomon’swordsRev. 12:9: “It's the same fatal bite of that old Serpent the Devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole World”Matthew 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I should havereceived mine own with usury.Nehemiah 5:7 Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exactusury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.Nehemiah 5:10 I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let usleave off this usury.Psalm 15:5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth thesethings shall never be moved.Proverbs 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity thepoor.Isaiah 24:2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with themaid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with thetaker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.Jeremiah 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the wholeearth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.Ezekiel 18:8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his handfrom iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,Ezekiel 18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath doneall these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.Ezekiel 18:17 That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed myjudgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedilygained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.Quranic Injunctions Against Usury (sample):Al-Baqarah 2:275 Those who charge usury are in the same position as those controlled by the devil's influence. This isbecause they claim that usury is the same as commerce. However, God permits commerce, and prohibits usury. Thus,whoever heeds this commandment from his Lord, and refrains from usury, he may keep his past earnings, and hisjudgment rests with God. As for those who persist in usury, they incur Hell, wherein they abide foreverAl-Baqarah 2:276-280 God condemns usury, and blesses charities. God dislikes every disbeliever, guilty. O you whobelieve, you shall observe God and refrain from all kinds of usury, if you are believers. If you do not, then expect a warfrom God and His messenger. But if you repent, you may keep your capitals, without inflicting injustice, or incurringinjustice. If the debtor is unable to pay, wait for a better time. If you give up the loan as a charity, it would be better foryou, if you only knew.Al-Imran 3:130 O you who believe, you shall not take usury, compounded over and over. Observe God, that you maysucceed.Al-Nisa 4:161 And for practicing usury, which was forbidden, and for consuming the people's money illicitly. We haveprepared for the disbelievers among them painful retribution.The Hidden History Of Money & New World Order Usury Secrets Revealed at last! Page 93