51 Bible Verses about Debt

'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord?

and the lord of that servant having been moved with compassion did release him, and the debt he forgave him.

And Simon answering said, 'I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, 'Rightly thou didst judge.'

'At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,

of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

So, then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh;

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'

and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

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

having blotted out the handwriting in the ordinances that is against us, that was contrary to us, and he hath taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross;

and he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents,

Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.

to the wife let the husband the due benevolence render, and in like manner also the wife to the husband;

and he would not, but having gone away, he cast him into prison, till he might pay that which was owing.

and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

'Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty;

'And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.

Both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to wise and to thoughtless, I am a debtor,

'Afterward to another he said, And thou, how much dost thou owe? and he said, A hundred cors of wheat; and he saith to him, Take thy bill, and write eighty.

Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.

and they not having wherewith to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?'

and Moses commandeth them, saying, 'At the end of seven years, in the appointed time, the year of release, in the feast of booths,

And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, 'Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou and thy sons do live of the rest.'

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning;

And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let them not be few;

'And forgive us our debts, as also we forgive our debtors.

and this is the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan is to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

then having called him, his lord saith to him, Evil servant! all that debt I did forgive thee, seeing thou didst call upon me,

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

and if by grace, no more of works, otherwise the grace becometh no more grace; and if of works, it is no more grace, otherwise the work is no more work.

and it cometh to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she saith unto her son, 'Bring nigh unto me a vessel more,' and he saith unto her, 'There is not a vessel more;' and the oil stayeth.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement.

(The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die.

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.

And Elisha saith unto her, 'What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, 'Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'