Bible Verses about โborrowing moneyโ
The Bible contains 25 verses about borrowing money across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โBe free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, "I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you."โ
โOwe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.โ
โThe rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.โ
โBut love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.โ
โThe wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.โ
โGive to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.โ
โYahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow.โ
โGo to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;โ
โwhich having no chief, overseer, or ruler,โ
โprovides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.โ
โMost certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.โ
โDon't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.โ
โ"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.โ
โHow long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?โ
โDon't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.โ
โA faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.โ
โIf a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;โ
โA little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:โ
โso your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.โ
โDon't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.โ
โIf you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,โ
โfor that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.โ
โIf you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?โ
โHe who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.โ
โhe who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,โ
