What the Bible says about
Lending
21 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.”— Exodus 22:25-27 BSB
“Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.”— Leviticus 25:35-37 BSB
“Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.”— Deuteronomy 23:19 BSB
“You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.”— Deuteronomy 23:20 BSB
“Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.”— Deuteronomy 24:6 BSB
“When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.”— Deuteronomy 24:10-13 BSB
“Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.”— Deuteronomy 24:17 BSB