51 Bible Verses about Debt

So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord?

Then the lord of that servant 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 to him, Thou hast rightly judged.

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

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thy hand shall release:

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

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men.

But as he had not ability 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.

Blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances 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 to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband.

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

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

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

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

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

And if the people of the land should bring wares or any provisions on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of 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 owest thou? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

Deliver thyself 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 frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity 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 children on the remainder.

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

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

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.

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

If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee aught, put that on my 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 forgive our debtors.

And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth aught to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.

Then his lord, having called him, said to him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in carnal things.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

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

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

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

Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

At 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 should cry against thee to the LORD, and it be sin to thee.

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

If the wicked shall restore the pledge, give again that which he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Who was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification.

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