51 Bible Verses about Debt

So he called each one of his lord's debtors unto him and said unto the first, How much dost thou owe unto my lord?

Then the lord of that slave was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt.

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

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

Owe no one anything, but love one unto another; for he that loves his neighbour has fulfilled the law.

Of the foreigner thou shalt demand that it be repaid; but that which thy brother has of thine thy hand shall release,

Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, Thy slave, my husband, is dead; and thou knowest that thy slave feared the LORD; and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves.

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

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

blotting out the bill of the decrees that was against us, which was contrary to us and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ,

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

Whosoever despises the word shall perish by it: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence, and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

But unto him that works, the reward is not reckoned as grace, but as debt.

With anxiety shall he that is surety for a stranger be afflicted, and he that hates suretiship shall live securely.

There was a certain creditor who had two debtors: the one owed five hundred denarius, and the other fifty.

But as the same slave was leaving, he found one of his fellowslaves who owed him a hundred denarius, and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

Likewise that if the peoples of the land bring merchandise or any food on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not take anything from them on the sabbath or on the holy day, and that we would leave the seventh year and remit every debt.

I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the Barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise.

Then said he to another, And how much dost thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill and write eighty.

Escape as a roe from the hand of the hunter and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

And when they had nothing to pay, he released them both from their debt. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the beginning of the seventh year, in the appointed time of the year of release, in the feast of the tabernacles,

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

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

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

Lamed The wicked borrows and does not repay: but the righteous shows mercy and gives.

And every one that was in distress and every one that was in debt and all whose souls were bitter gathered themselves unto him, and he became the captain over them, and there were about four hundred men with him.

If he has wronged thee or owes thee anything, put that on my account;

And he said, Go, borrow vessels from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; borrow not a few.

And set us free from our debts, as we set free our debtors.

And this is the manner of the release: everyone who has lent anything to his neighbour, causing him to be in debt, shall release it; he shall not exact it any more of his neighbour or of his brother, because the release of the LORD is proclaimed.

Then his lord, after he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that debt because thou didst beseech me;

He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.

It has pleased them verily, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they should also minister unto them in carnal things.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, for thou hast fallen into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

And if by grace, then is it not by works; otherwise, the grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, then it is no longer grace; otherwise, the work is no longer work.

And when the vessels were full, she said unto her son, Bring me yet another vessel. And he said unto her, There are no more vessels. Then the oil stopped flowing.

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 with it sustains his life, lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

none of them can by any means ransom his brother, nor give God an atonement for him;

if the wicked restores the pledge, returns that which he had robbed, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity he shall surely live; he shall not die.

A man void of understanding strikes hands and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

who was delivered for our offenses and was raised again for our justification.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me what thou hast in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has nothing in the house except a flask of oil.