What Does the Bible Say About Charging?

Matthew 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying; give without pay.

Romans 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You shall not charge interest on loans to your brother, interest on money, interest on food, interest on anything that is lent for interest.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Romans 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight.

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.

James 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Romans 13:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ...

Acts 5:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...

Matthew 5:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Matthew 5:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Nahum 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Horsemen charging, flashing sword and glittering spear, hosts of slain, heaps of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over the bodies!

Amos 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, and turns deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the surface of the earth, the Lord is his name;

Ezekiel 22:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take interest and profit and make gain of your neighbors by extortion; but me you have forgotten, declares the Lord God.

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Leviticus 25:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Leviticus 25:35-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. “If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave: ...

Leviticus 25:35-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

Leviticus 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall not steal.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

2 Corinthians 6:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

By truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

Job 31:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”

33 Bible Verses about Charging

Matthew 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nahum 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 22:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:35-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:35-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 31:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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33 Bible Verses about Charging

Matthew 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Nahum 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Amos 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 22:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Matthew 10:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Romans 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 13:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 11:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jude 1:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 2:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 5:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-46 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:42 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 5:39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nahum 3:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Amos 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ezekiel 22:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:35-43 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 25:35-38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Leviticus 19:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 20:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 6:7 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Job 31:1 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Genesis 3:15 ESV / 1 helpful vote