31 Bible Verses about Being In Debt
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Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
“No one can be a slave of two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot be slaves of God and of money.
The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,
but whoever earns it through labor will multiply it.
When the Lord your God blesses you as He has promised you, you will lend to many nations but not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.
One without sense enters an agreement
and puts up security for his friend.
The Lord will open for you His abundant storehouse, the sky, to give your land rain in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.
If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.
“At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. 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.
Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
On the first day of the week, each of you is to set something aside and save in keeping with how he prospers, so that no collections will need to be made when I come.
The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.
Your life should be free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for He Himself has said, I will never leave you or forsake you.
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,
who put up security for loans.
If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.
So don’t worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided for you.
I don’t say this out of need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.
“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.
“Now if you faithfully obey the Lord your God and are careful to follow all His commands I am giving you today, the Lord your God will put you far above all the nations of the earth.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and by craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.
“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?
A good man leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren,
but the sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
