31 Bible Verses about Being In Debt
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Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.
No man can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and disparage the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
The thoughts of a diligent man [lead] only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.
For LORD thy God will bless thee as he promised thee, and thou shall lend to many nations, but thou shall not borrow, and thou shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.
A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
LORD will open to thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand. And thou shall lend to many nations, and thou shall not borrow.
Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts. If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
At the end of every seven years thou shall make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it from his neighbor and his brother, because LORD's release has been proclaimed.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise. Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
A prudent man sees the evil, [and] hides himself. The simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.
It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.
The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.
Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.
He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.
Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear? For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Not that I speak regarding need, for I have learned in what things I am to be content. I know both how to be abased and how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be lacking. I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.
And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shall hearken diligently to the voice of LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that LORD thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the ear
For the love of money is a root of all the evils, of which some aspiring have wandered from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?
A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
