31 Bible Verses about Being In Debt
Most Relevant Verses
Owe no man any thing but to love one another. He that loves another has fulfilled (obeyed) the law.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money (wealth) (material possessions).
The ideas of the diligent tend only to abundance. But of the one who is hasty it leads to poverty.
Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished. He who gathers by labor will increase.
Jehovah your God will bless you, as he promised. You will make loans to many nations. But you will not have to borrow from any of them. You will rule many nations. But no nation will ever rule over you.
A man without understanding shakes hands and becomes surety for his friend.
Jehovah will open for you his good storehouse. The skies will give rain to your land in due season. It will bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow.
Do not give pledges and be guarantors for debts. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Release all debts at the end of every seven years. This is how you should release. Every man who has a loan to his neighbor shall release it. He shall not require it from his neighbor, or from his brother, because it is called Jehovah's release.
Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise! The lowly ant has no guide or overseer. It prepares its food in the summer and gathers food at the harvest.
A prudent man anticipates evil and hides; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
On one day of the week let every one of you set something aside, as God has prospered you, that there be no contributions collected when I come. (Greek: heis, number one)
All goes well for the person who is generous and lends willingly. He earns an honest living.
He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth, with gain. This too is vanity.
You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.
Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.
Do not worry! Do not say: 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or, 'What shall we wear?' All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.
I am not saying this because I am in need; for I have learned to be content in whatever state I am. I know how to be poor. I also know how to live with abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have abundance and to suffer need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Whenever someone borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while the owner is not present, the borrower must make up for the loss.
Carefully obey Jehovah your God. Faithfully follow all his commandments that I give you today. If you do this Jehovah your God will place you high above all the other nations in the world.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. The wealth of the sinner is preserved for the righteous.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from God is everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
