Money Lending

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

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

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

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. — read the full passage →

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

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

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

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest. — read the full passage →

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

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

he who has not lent on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

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.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

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

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

You may lend on interest to a foreigner; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.

I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. — read the full passage →

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Yahweh makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up.

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.

When I came to you, brothers, I didn’t come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

“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.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

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.

“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Good News should live from the Good News.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them. — read the full passage →

but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. — read the full passage →

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking, — read the full passage →

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

has lent on interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him.

Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.”

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.

But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”

Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.

Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you. — read the full passage →

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? — read the full passage →