16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants.

Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

The servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.

And he said to him also that had bidden him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest haply they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

When therefore thou doest alms, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.

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

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?