26 Bible Verses about Debt

So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'

And his master's heart was moved with pity, and he let the slave go free with his debt cancelled.

Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he canceled most." Then He said, "You are correct in your judgment."

Stop owing anybody anything, except the obligation to love one another, for whoever practices loving others has perfectly satisfied the law.

So, brothers, we are under obligations, but not to our lower nature to live by the standard set by it;

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

canceled the note that stood against us, with its requirements, and has put it out of our way by nailing it to the cross.

And when he began, a man was brought to him who owed him ten million dollars.

The husband must always give his wife what is due her, and the wife too must do so for her husband.

But he refused and went out and had him put in jail until he should pay the debt.

Now when a workman gets his pay, it is not considered from the point of view of a favor but of an obligation;

"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars, the other ten.

"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow-slaves who owed him twenty dollars, and he caught him by the throat and began to choke him, demanding, 'Pay me what you owe me!'

To Greeks and to all the other nations, to cultured and to uncultured people alike, I owe a duty.

Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' He answered, 'Twelve hundred bushels of wheat:' He said to him, 'Take your bill and write nine hundred and sixty.'

Since they could not pay him, he graciously canceled the debts for both of them. Now which one of them will love him more?"

And the master was enraged and turned him over to the official torturers, until he should pay the whole debt.

And if he has done you any wrong and owes you anything, charge it to my account,

And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.

Then his master called to him, and said, 'I cancelled all that huge debt of yours, because you pleaded with me to do so.

They certainly were delighted to do it, and they really are under obligation to them, for if the heathen peoples have shared in their spiritual blessings, they ought to serve them in material blessings.

But if it is by His unmerited favor, it is not at all conditioned on what they have done. If that were so, His favor would not be favor at all.

who was given up to death because of our shortcomings and was raised again to give us right standing with God.