Borrowing

How Nave’s arranged it

• General scriptures concerningExodus 22:14Exodus 22:15Nehemiah 5:1–13Psalms 37:21Proverbs 22:7Matthew 5:42
• See Lending
• See Interest
• INSTANCES OF
• Israelites from the EgyptiansExodus 3:22Exodus 11:2Exodus 12:35
• Borrowing trouble
• See Trouble, Borrowing

The passages, in Bible order (9)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 9 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 3:22

   Every woman shall ask her neighbor and any woman staying in her house for silver and gold jewelry and clothing, and you will put them on your sons and daughters. So you will plunder the Egyptians.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 3:221 voice

   “The Egyptians put in a claim on the Hebrews for these gold and silver vessels. The Hebrews assert a counterclaim, alleging that by the bond of their respective fathers, attested by the written engagement of both parties, there were due to them the arrears of that laborious slavery of theirs for the bricks they had so painfully made and the cities and palaces which they had built.

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2. Exodus 11:2

   Now announce to the people that men and women alike should ask their neighbors for articles of silver and gold.”

   ›Commentary on Exodus 11:22 voices

   “What say you? Thus it has pleased him that you should come forth out of Egypt, the iron furnace; that you should leave behind the idolatry of that country and be led by Moses and his lawgiving and martial rule. I give you a piece of advice which is not my own, or rather which is very much my own, if you consider the matter spiritually. Borrow from the Egyptians vessels of gold and silver. With these take your journey. Supply yourself for the road with the goods of strangers, or rather with your own.

   “Speak now in the ears of the people,....

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3. Exodus 12:35

   Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 12:351 voice

   “Theft is the handling of another's property, against the owner's will, out of greed. If it is done not out of greed, as the children of Israel by the Lord's command carried with them from Egypt vessels of silver and gold, or when someone takes …

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4. Exodus 22:14

   If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:141 voice

   “And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour,....

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5. Exodus 22:15

   If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:151 voice

   “But if the owner thereof be with it,....

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6. Nehemiah 5:1–13

   About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 5:1–132 voices

   “And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives, etc. Indeed, the people desired to build the city wall, but due to the great famine, they were hindered from the sacred work. This famine was caused not only by the shortage of …

   “And there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives,.... Those of the poorer sort: against their brethren the Jews; the rich that oppressed them; and this cry or complaint was made to Nehemiah for redress.

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7. Psalms 37:21

   The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 37:212 voices

   “(Verse 21.) The sinner borrows and does not repay; but the righteous shows mercy and gives. This also applies to the person of Paul, because the righteous shows mercy and gives. See how he divides the Lord's words, see how he lends the Lord's silver. He received one mina and returned two; he received two and returned four; he received five and returned ten. He did not tie up in a handkerchief what he had received, but he spent it on moneylenders; and what he had spent, he received back with interest.

   “The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again,....

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8. Proverbs 22:7

   The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 22:72 voices

   "A rich man rules over the poor," etc. It is clear according to the letter; but also the rich in virtues in the judgment of the secret inspector rule over those who lack the riches of virtues, indeed they are future judges of them. And …

   “The rich ruleth over the poor,....

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9. Matthew 5:42

   Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

   ›Commentary on Matthew 5:422 voices

   “(Verse 42, 43.) Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. You have heard that it was said: Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. If we understand this saying to mean only about almsgiving, it cannot apply to most of the poor. But even if the rich give constantly, they cannot give constantly. Therefore, after the good of almsgiving, instructions are given to the apostles, that is, to the teachers, so that those who have received for free may give for free (Matthew 10).

   “Give to him that asketh thee,.... To every man, Luk 6:30 whether Jew or Gentile; friend or foe; believer or unbeliever; a good, or a bad man; worthy or unworthy; deserving or not, that asketh alms, whether food or money; give it freely, readily, cheerfully, according to your abilities, and as the necessity of the object requires: for such rules are always supposed, and to be observed; and though all are to be relieved, yet the circumstances of persons, and their relation to men, are to be considered, and special regard is to be had to the household of faith.

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