Predatory Lending

Biblical Authority
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Luke 6:34-36 (NIV)
34
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to
you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your
enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back.
Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is
kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Proverbs 22:7
7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Exodus 22:25
25
“If you lend money to one of my people among you who is needy, do not treat it like a
business deal; charge no interest.
Deuteronomy 23:19
19
Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else
that may earn interest.
Deuteronomy 15:6
6
For the Lord your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many
nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule
over you.
Leviticus 25:36-37
36
Do not take interest or any profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may
continue to live among you. 37 You must not lend them money at interest or sell them
food at a profit.
Matthew 5:42
42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to
borrow from you.
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