The Bible teaches that loans should be handled with integrity and wisdom. Borrow only what you can repay, and honor your commitments. Lending should be done with compassion, not expecting gain. By approaching loans with responsibility, you build trust and strengthen your community.
Below is the full list of bible verses on loans (King James Version – KJV). The list is ranked in order of popularity and we hope you find the inspiration you need.
Most Popular Bible Verses About Loans
Proverbs 22:7
“7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.”
Psalm 37:21
“21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.”
Romans 13:8
“8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
Proverbs 22:26-27
“26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?”
Deuteronomy 23:19
“19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:”
1 Timothy 5:8
“8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
Related Themes: Money Finances Respecting Your Parents Children Laziness
Luke 6:35
“35 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.”
Related Themes: Kindness Love Money Finances Selflessness
Proverbs 6:1-5
“1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.”
Related Themes: Finances Abomination Lust
Exodus 22:25
“25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.”
Psalm 112:5
“5 A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.”
Related Themes: Business Money Justice Generosity Kindness
Deuteronomy 23:19-20
“19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.”
Leviticus 25:35-37
“35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.”
Related Themes: Strangers Homelessness Poverty
Proverbs 28:8
“8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.”
Matthew 5:42
“42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.”
Related Themes: Money Homelessness Finances Benevolence Serving The Poor
Proverbs 17:18
“18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.”
Related Themes: Money
Proverbs 11:15
“15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.”
Related Themes: Money
Luke 6:38
“38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
Related Themes: Reaping Money Reaping What You Sow Finances Serving Others
