31 Bible Verses about Being In Debt

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.

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

The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.

No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

it is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but the thoughts of everyone who is hasty only to poverty.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be taken away, but he who gathers by hand shall increase.

For Jehovah your God blesses you as He promised you. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you.

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.

Jehovah shall open to you His good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. And you shall loan to many nations, and you shall not borrow.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. And this is the manner of the release. Every man who has a loan to his neighbor shall release it. He shall not exact it from his neighbor, or from his brother, because it is called Jehovah's release.

Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise; who, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provides her food in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.

A sensible one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

Know well the face of your flocks; set your heart on your herds.

On the first of the sabbaths let each of you put by himself, storing up what ever he is prospered, so that there may be no collections when I come.

A good man shows favor, and lends; he will guide his business with fairness.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, and he who loves abundance not with gain. This is also vanity.

Let your way of life be without the love of money, and be content with such things as you have, for He has said, "Not at all will I leave you, not at all will I forsake you, never!"

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

He who is surety for a stranger shall be ruined; and he who hates suretyship is safe.

Therefore give to all their dues; to the one due tax, the tax; tribute to whom tribute is due, fear to whom fear is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, With what shall we be clothed? For the nations seek after all these things. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you.

Not that I speak according to need, for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

And if a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, and the owner of it not with it, he shall surely make it good.

And it will be, if you shall listen carefully to the voice of Jehovah your God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command you today, Jehovah your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth.

For the love of money is a root of all evils, of which some having lusted after, they were seduced from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he may have enough to finish it;

A good man leaves an inheritance to his sons' sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.