Borrowing

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. — read the full passage →

Yahweh 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. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

You shall come to the priests who are Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict. — read the full passage →

If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.”