51 Bible Verses about Debt

So he called every one of his lord's debtors and said; to the first, How much do you owe my lord?

Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion and released him and forgave him the debt.

And answering, Simon said, I suppose that one to whom he forgave most. And He said to him, You have judged rightly.

At the end of every seven years you shall make a release.

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

You may exact it from a foreigner, but your hand shall release that which is yours with your brother,

Therefore, brothers, we are not debtors to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. And you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.

But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.

And when he had begun to count, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Whoever despises the Word shall be destroyed, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Let the husband give to the wife proper kindness, and likewise the wife also to the husband.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

But to him working, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.

He who is surety for a stranger shall be ruined; and he who hates suretyship is safe.

There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe.

And if the people of the land should bring goods or any food on the Sabbath day to sell it, that we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath or on the holy day, and that we would leave the seventh year, and the interest of every debt.

I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the foreigners, both to the wise and to the unwise.

And he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill and write eighty.

Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hunter's hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

And they having nothing to pay, he freely forgave both. Then which of them do you say will love him most?

And Moses commanded them, saying: At the end of seven years, at the set time of the year of release, in the Feast of Tabernacles,

And she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons shall live from the rest.

And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

And every man in distress, and every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became commander over them. And about four hundred men were with him.

If he has wronged you or owes you in anything, put that on my account.

And he said, Go, borrow vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.

and forgive us our debts as we also forgive our debtors.

And this is the manner of the release. Every man who has a loan to his neighbor shall release it. He shall not exact it from his neighbor, or from his brother, because it is called Jehovah's release.

Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

He who has pity upon the poor lends to Jehovah, and He will reward his dealing to him.

Truly it has pleased them, and they are their debtors. For if the nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in fleshly things.

My son, do this now, and deliver yourself when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself and make your friend sure.

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger,

But if by grace, then it is no more of works; otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it is of works, then it is no more of grace; otherwise work is no more work.

And it happened when the vessels were full, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel left. And the oil stopped.

Do not give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it. For he is poor and sets his heart on it; lest he cry against you to Jehovah, and it shall be sin to you.

A man cannot at all redeem a brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,

if the wicked gives back the pledge, gives again what he had robbed, walks in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, then he shall surely live; he shall not die.

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.

who was delivered because of our offenses and was raised for our justification.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not a thing in the house except a pot of oil.