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Scripture speaks plainly about borrowing — and about the God who provides for every need.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:8 · KJVThe rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7 · KJVThe wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalm 37:21 · KJVBe not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 22:26–27 · KJVThen she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 4:7 · KJVBut my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 · KJVAnd forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:12 · KJVWithhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 3:27–28 · KJVBut 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 · KJVFor the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
Deuteronomy 15:6 · KJVEvery verse is quoted from the King James Version. Tap a reference to read it in context and compare it in other free translations.