Bible Verses About Money Lending
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for money lending, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,945 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 Money Lending
Exodus 22:25137 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.
Proverbs 22:7137 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Deuteronomy 23:19118 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:
Luke 6:34-35111 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.
Psalms 37:2187 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Leviticus 25:35-3781 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.
Romans 13:875 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Psalms 15:571 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.
Matthew 5:4260 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Deuteronomy 23:19-2057 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 19:1756 votes
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Matthew 6:2452 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.
Luke 6:3846 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.
Proverbs 28:842 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
1 Timothy 6:1039 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.
Luke 6:3537 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.
Nehemiah 5:1-1929 votes
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Psalms 112:526 votes
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Ezekiel 18:824 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,
Matthew 25:2723 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.
Luke 16:1022 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Deuteronomy 8:1821 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.
Luke 6:3420 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.
Matthew 6:1919 votes
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
1 Timothy 6:17-1919 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;
What does the Bible say about money lending?
Readers most often cite Exodus 22:25 on the subject of money lending. Across 1,945 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:7, Deuteronomy 23:19, Luke 6:34-35. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.