Bible Verses About Lending Money
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for lending money, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 8,910 votes, led by Luke 6:34-38. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lending Money
Luke 6:34-38480 votes
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Deuteronomy 23:19-20420 votes
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Matthew 5:42382 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Exodus 22:25344 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.
Psalms 37:21336 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Leviticus 25:35-37308 votes
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.
Luke 6:34-35308 votes
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Proverbs 22:7255 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 19:17244 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Deuteronomy 23:19235 votes
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Psalms 112:5208 votes
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Psalms 15:5193 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.
Romans 13:8167 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Luke 6:35140 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.
Ezekiel 18:8125 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He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Deuteronomy 23:20123 votes
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.
1 Timothy 6:10100 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.
Proverbs 28:899 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
1 Timothy 5:898 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Matthew 6:2491 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Timothy 6:17-1989 votes
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Deuteronomy 8:1887 votes
But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Nehemiah 5:1-1983 votes
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Luke 6:3882 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 25:2779 votes
Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
What does the Bible say about lending money?
Readers most often cite Luke 6:34-38 on the subject of lending money. Across 8,910 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 23:19-20, Matthew 5:42, Exodus 22:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.