51 Bible Verses about Debt

“So he summoned each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first one.

Then the master of that slave had compassion, released him, and forgave him the loan.

Simon answered, “I suppose the one he forgave more.”

“You have judged correctly,” He told him.

“At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

You may collect something from a foreigner, but you must forgive whatever your brother owes you.

So then, brothers, we are not obligated to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”

Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.

The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

He erased the certificate of debt, with its obligations, that was against us and opposed to us, and has taken it out of the way by nailing it to the cross.

When he began to settle accounts, one who owed 10,000 talents was brought before him.

The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty,
but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.

A husband should fulfill his marital responsibility to his wife, and likewise a wife to her husband.

But he wasn’t willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.

If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

“A creditor had two debtors. One owed 500 denarii, and the other 50.

“But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, ‘Pay what you owe!’

When the surrounding peoples bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or a holy day. We will also leave the land uncultivated in the seventh year and will cancel every debt.

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

“Next he asked another, ‘How much do you owe?’

“‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he said.

“‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘and write 80.’

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

Since they could not pay it back, he graciously forgave them both. So, which of them will love him more?”

Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Booths,

She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”

And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.

The wicked man borrows and does not repay,
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.

In addition, every man who was desperate, in debt, or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About 400 men were with him.

And if he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

Then he said, “Go and borrow empty containers from everyone—from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few.

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

This is how to cancel debt: Every creditor is to cancel what he has lent his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the Lord’s release of debts has been proclaimed.

“Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, ‘You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,
and He will give a reward to the lender.

Yes, they were pleased, and indeed are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual benefits, then they are obligated to minister to Jews in material needs.

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Now if by grace, then it is not by works; otherwise grace ceases to be grace.

When they were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.”

But he replied, “There aren’t any more.” Then the oil stopped.

Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.

You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.

Yet these cannot redeem a person
or pay his ransom to God—

he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—he will certainly live; he will not die.

One without sense enters an agreement
and puts up security for his friend.

He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Elisha asked her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?”

She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil.”