Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'lend' occurs 18 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'lend' in the standard works and contain 55.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 23:19-20 (3 in 2 verses)

 23:19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

 23:20 Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.




Luke 6:34-35 (3 in 2 verses)

Deut. 28:44 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 24:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 12 6 18
NT 4 0 4
BM 2 1 3
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 18 7 25

Ex. 22:25
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Lev. 25:37
Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

Deut. 15:2
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord's release.

Deut. 15:6
For 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.

Deut. 15:8
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Deut. 23:19
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Deut. 23:20
Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

Deut. 24:10
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

Deut. 24:11
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

Deut. 28:12
The 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.

Deut. 28:44
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

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

Ps. 112:5
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

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

Prov. 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Isa. 24:2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.

Luke 6:34
And 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.

Luke 6:35
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luke 11:5
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

2 Ne. 28:30
For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.

Mosiah 2:21
I say unto you that if ye should serve him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another-- I say, if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants.

Ether 14:2
Wherefore every man did cleave unto that which was his own, with his hands, and would not borrow neither would he lend; and every man kept the hilt of his sword in his right hand, in the defence of his property and his own life and of his wives and children.