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Nov 12, 2024 · Bible verses about lending money. Scripture tells us borrowing money in some cases can be sinful. When Christians lend money to family and friends we should do it out of love not for interest. There are some cases where interests can be taken for example a business deal, but we must watch out for greed and high interest rates.
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“When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest. You may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not charge your brother interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
- Luke 6:34-38 ESV / 477 helpful votes. And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
- Deuteronomy 23:19-20 ESV / 419 helpful votes. “You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest.
- Matthew 5:42 ESV / 378 helpful votes. Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
- Exodus 22:25 ESV / 343 helpful votes. “If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him.
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Through a series of remarkable events in Genesis 39-41, Joseph is taken from his home in Canaan as a boy and sold as a slave by his brothers into Egypt. He eventually rises to second in command of the kingdom because of his ability to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams. Joseph is put in charge of preparing Egypt for a massive seven-year famine that God rev...
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This verse offers hope for your situation. But if you read between the lines, you’ll notice it’s only a little hope. Even though you go to your friend and ask them to release you, they are under no obligation to do so. You chose to cosign and that is a legally binding contract. The odds are not in your favor of being released. Your options are very...
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Jul 11, 2022 · The clear teaching of the Bible is that God expects His children to act righteously when lending money. And it helps us to remember that our ability to produce wealth comes from God (Deuteronomy 8:18) and it is God who “sends [both] poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts” (1 Samuel 2:7).
