Bible Verses About Borrowing Money
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for borrowing money, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,225 votes, led by Psalms 37:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Borrowing Money
Psalms 37:21362 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Proverbs 22:7342 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Romans 13:8271 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 22:26-27195 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Luke 6:35144 votes
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Proverbs 3:27-28142 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Exodus 22:25-27139 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 28:12119 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Matthew 5:4294 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Hebrews 13:590 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Proverbs 28:2077 votes
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Proverbs 22:2665 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Deuteronomy 15:764 votes
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:
Ezekiel 18:864 votes
He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Proverbs 21:1763 votes
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Matthew 5:2660 votes
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Proverbs 6:6-1157 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 25:21-2248 votes
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Deuteronomy 28:4438 votes
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Proverbs 11:1-3137 votes
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
Psalms 15:529 votes
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
Proverbs 13:1129 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Exodus 22:2528 votes
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.
Romans 13:727 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Timothy 6:1027 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
What does the Bible say about borrowing money?
Readers most often cite Psalms 37:21 on the subject of borrowing money. Across 3,225 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:7, Romans 13:8, Proverbs 22:26-27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.