26 Bible Verses about Debt
Most Relevant Verses
And calling each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do you owe my lord?
And the lord of that servant having compassion on him released him, and forgave him the debt.
Simon answered and said, I suppose the one to whom he gave most. And he said to him, You have judged rightly.
Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.
Therefore, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.
And he having nothing to pay, the lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
having blotted out what was written by the hand in ordinances which was against us, and has taken it away from between [us], having nailed it to the cross;
And beginning to settle, a debtor of ten thousand talents [$10,000,000] was brought to him.
Let the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband.
But he would not; but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt.
A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred denarii [$70], and the other fifty [$7].
But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants who owed him one hundred denarii [$14], and seizing him, he choked him, saying, Pay what you owe me.
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and the Barbarians, both to the wise and the ignorant;
Then he said to another, And how much do you owe? And he said, A hundred cors [1,445 bushels] of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write eighty.
And having nothing to pay, he gave [the debt] to both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most?
And his lord was displeased, and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all the debt.
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors;
Then his lord called him, and said to him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because you besought me [to do it].
They have been pleased indeed, and their debtors they are; for if the nations have participated in their spiritual things, they ought also to serve them in things pertaining to the flesh.
but if by grace, no longer by works; for otherwise grace is no longer grace; but if by works, it is no longer grace; for otherwise a work is no longer a work.
Topics on Debt
Being In Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.
Cancelling Debts
Matthew 18:32Then his lord called him, and said to him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because you besought me [to do it].
Repaying Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, except to love one another; for he that loves another has fully performed the law.