26 Bible Verses about Debt
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So having called to him every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?
And the lord of that servant, moved with tender compassion, loosed him and forgave him the debt.
Simon answering said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. He said to him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.
Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
And as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
having forgiven you all trespasses, Having blotted out by his decrees the hand-writing against us, which was contrary to us; and having nailed it to his cross, he took it out of the way.
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.
Let the husband render the debt to the wife; and in like manner the wife also to the husband.
And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him an hundred pence, and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
I am a debtor both to the Greeks and the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? He said, An hundred measures of wheat. He saith, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
But they having nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both: Which therefore will love him most?
And his lord being wroth, delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.
If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee any thing, put that to my account.
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
Then his lord calling him, said to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou intreatedst me.
It hath pleased them, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have partook of their spiritual things, they ought to minister to them in carnal things.
But if by grace, then it is no more of works: else grace is no longer grace. And if it be of works, then it is no more grace; else work is no longer work.
Topics on Debt
Being In Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.
Cancelling Debts
Matthew 18:32Then his lord calling him, said to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou intreatedst me.
Repaying Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love another; for he that loveth another, hath fulfilled the law.