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The 13 most-voted verses about borrowing money, from 8 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

Psalm 37:21 (BSB)

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

Psalm 37:21 (KJV)

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

Psalm 37:21 (WEB)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (BSB)

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7 (KJV)

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

Proverbs 22:7 (WEB)

Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 (BSB)

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:8 (KJV)

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

Romans 13:8 (WEB)

But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Luke 6:35 (BSB)

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.

Luke 6:35 (KJV)

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.

Luke 6:35 (WEB)

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Deuteronomy 28:12 (BSB)

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Deuteronomy 28:12 (KJV)

The LORD 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.

Deuteronomy 28:12 (WEB)

If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 15:7 (BSB)

¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:7 (KJV)

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

Deuteronomy 15:7 (WEB)

He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (BSB)

He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (KJV)

He who loves pleasure will be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil won’t be rich.

Proverbs 21:17 (WEB)

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Proverbs 22:26 (BSB)

Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 22:26 (KJV)

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Proverbs 22:26 (WEB)

A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:20 (BSB)

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 28:20 (KJV)

A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 28:20 (WEB)

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

Ezekiel 18:8 (BSB)

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,

Ezekiel 18:8 (KJV)

he who hasn’t lent to them with interest, hasn’t taken any increase from them, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,

Ezekiel 18:8 (WEB)

Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

Matthew 5:26 (BSB)

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

Matthew 5:26 (KJV)

Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there until you have paid the last penny.

Matthew 5:26 (WEB)

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Matthew 5:42 (BSB)

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Matthew 5:42 (KJV)

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

Matthew 5:42 (WEB)

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:5 (BSB)

[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)

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.”

Hebrews 13:5 (WEB)

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