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What does the Bible say about mortgage?

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The Bible permits borrowing but warns that debt can bring people into burdensome dependence, so a mortgage should be approached with wisdom, contentment, and careful stewardship. Proverbs 22:7 observes that the borrower becomes servant to the lender, while Romans 13:8 urges believers to owe no one anything except the continuing debt of love. Proverbs 21:20 commends prudent saving rather than wasteful living, and Nehemiah 5:3 exposes the hardship caused when debt and lending oppress the poor. Jesus in Matthew 6:25-30 calls His people away from anxious fear, trusting the Father’s provision. Christians should therefore avoid reckless obligations, make honest payments, and seek housing decisions that serve their households and neighborly duties.

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  • Romans 13:8

    Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

  • Proverbs 22:7

    The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

  • Matthew 6:25-30

    [25] Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing? [26] See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they? [27] "Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? [28] Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, [29] yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. [30] But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you of little faith?

  • Proverbs 21:20

    There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swallows it up.

  • Nehemiah 5:3

    Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.

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