Borrowing and Lending

"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another." Romans 13:8

"One should not manage his affairs in a way that will incur debt." CS 256

"When one voluntarily becomes involved in debt, he is entangling himself in one of Satan's nets which he sets for souls." CS 254

"He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in waith to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net." Psalm 10:9

"Shun the incurring of debt as you would shun leprosy." CS 272

"The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth." Psalm 37:21

"A good man sheweth favor, and lendeth." Psalm 112:5

"He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed." Psalm 37:26

"Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away." Matthew 5:42

"Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee." Proverbs 3:28

"When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the ledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down." Deuteronomy 24:10-13

"No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge." Deuteronomy 24:6

"If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious." Exodus 22:26, 27

"Thou shalt not . . . take a widow's raiment to pledge." Deuteronomy 24:17

"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release. Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release." Deuteronomy 15:1-3

"If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren . . . thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land." Deuteronomy 15:7-11

"Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. . . . If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great." Luke 6:30-35

"Christ does not teach us to give indiscriminately to all who ask for charity; but He says, 'Thou shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need;' and this is to be a gift, rather than a loan; for we are to 'lend, hoping for nothing again.'" MB 73

"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he repay him again." Proverbs 19:17

"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." Luke 6:38