51 Bible Verses about Debt

And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

And the lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

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.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

having blotted out the bond written in ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us: and he hath taken it out that way, nailing it to the cross;

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Whoso despiseth the word bringeth destruction on himself; But he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Let the husband render unto the wife her due: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

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

Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty.

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.

and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. He saith unto him, Take thy bond, and write fourscore.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every'seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.

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

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

But if he hath wronged the at all, or oweth thee aught, put that to mine account;

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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

And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah's release hath been proclaimed.

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

Yea, it hath been their good pleasure; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to minister unto them in carnal things.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil.