14 Bible Verses about Borrowing (KJV)

Here are 14 Bible verses about borrowing, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Psalm 37:21 KJV

²¹The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

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Proverbs 22:7 KJV

⁷The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Luke 6:30 KJV

³⁰Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

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Matthew 5:42 KJV

⁴²Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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Proverbs 22:26-27 KJV

²⁶Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. ²⁷If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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Exodus 22:14 KJV

¹⁴And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

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Romans 13:8 KJV

⁸Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

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Deuteronomy 28:12 KJV

¹²The 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.

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Deuteronomy 15:6 KJV

⁶For 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.

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Nehemiah 5:1-13 KJV

¹And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. ²For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. ³Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. …

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Deuteronomy 17:9-11 KJV

⁹And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: ¹⁰And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: ¹¹According to the sentence of the law which …

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Exodus 22:15 KJV

¹⁵But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

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Exodus 11:2 KJV

²Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver and jewels of gold.

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