Bible Verses About Loaning Money
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for loaning money, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 265 votes, led by Exodus 22:25. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Loaning Money
Exodus 22:2534 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.
Luke 6:34-3532 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.
Romans 13:827 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Deuteronomy 23:19-2022 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:
Proverbs 19:1722 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Psalms 37:2120 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Proverbs 22:720 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
1 John 3:1718 votes
But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Deuteronomy 23:1913 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:
Leviticus 25:35-5512 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.
Matthew 5:4212 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
1 Timothy 6:1012 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 28:811 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Luke 6:3810 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.
What does the Bible say about loaning money?
Readers most often cite Exodus 22:25 on the subject of loaning money. Across 265 votes, 14 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:34-35, Romans 13:8, Deuteronomy 23:19-20. This page lists all 14 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.