32 Bible Verses about lent

Therefore I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.

Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me
To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth!
I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.

Do not charge him usurious interest, but fear your God [with profound reverence], so your countryman may [continue to] live among you.

“When you lend your neighbor anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge (security deposit).

Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, “May the Lord give you children by this woman in place of the one she asked for which was dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would return to their own home.

He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

And likewise I, my brothers, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop [charging] this interest.

Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and got up and went on his way. In this way Esau scorned his birthright.

This is the regulation for the release: every creditor shall forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require repayment from his neighbor and his brother, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.

The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they asked. And so they plundered the Egyptians [of those things].

When the Lord your God blesses you as He has promised you, then you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

If you lend [money] to those from whom you expect to receive [it back], what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to receive back the same amount.

Or who has first given to Him that it would be paid back to him?

Now food will not commend us to God nor bring us close to Him; we are no worse off if we do not eat, nor are we better if we do eat.

But when you fast, put oil on your head [as you normally would to groom your hair] and wash your face

Cursed be the day on which I was born;
Do not bless the day on which my mother gave birth to me!

“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.

You shall certainly restore the pledge (security deposit) to him at sunset, so that he may sleep in his garment and bless you; and it will be credited to you as righteousness (right standing) before the Lord your God.

You shall not give him your money at interest, nor your food at a profit.

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

“For it is just like a man who was about to take a journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his possessions.

“If you lend money to any one of My people with you who is poor, you shall not act as a creditor (professional moneylender) to him; you shall not charge him interest.

Then you ought to have put my money with the bankers, and at my return I would have received my money back with interest.

for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they ended, He was hungry.

He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],
And does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.

The Lord will open for you His good treasure house, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”

And his master’s heart was moved with compassion and he released him and forgave him [canceling] the debt.

They will fight against you, but they will not [ultimately] prevail over you, for I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you,” says the Lord.