51 Bible Verses about Debt

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

And having felt compassion, the lord of that bondman released him, and forgave him the debt.

And having answered, Simon said, I suppose that it was to whom he forgave more. And he said to him, Thou have judged correctly.

At the end of every seven years thou shall make a release.

Owe no man anything except to love each other, for he who loves the other has fulfilled law.

From a foreigner thou may exact it, but whatever of thine is with thy brother, thy hand shall release.

So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to flesh.

Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou know that thy servant feared LORD, and the creditor has come to take my two children to him to be bo

But of him not having to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all things, as many as he had, and payment to be made.

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

having erased the handwriting against us in the regulations that were hostile to us, and he has taken it up from the midst, having nailed it to the cross.

And when he began to settle, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him.

He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Let the husband render the goodwill owed to the wife, and likewise also the wife to the husband.

But he would not, instead, having left him, he cast him into prison until he would pay that which was owed.

Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.

He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

There were two debtors to a certain creditor, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

But after going out, that bondman found one of his fellow bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having grabbed him, he choked him, saying, Pay me if thou owe anything.

And if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day. And that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Next he said to another, And how much do thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he says to him, Receive thy document, and write eighty.

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

And of them not having to repay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, do thou say, will love him more?

And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of [every] seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons from the rest.

And having become angry, his lord delivered him to the tormentors until he would pay all that was due to him.

Be thou not one of those who strike hands, [or] of those who are sureties for debts.

The wicked man borrows, and pays not again, but the righteous man deals graciously, and gives.

And every man who was in distress, and every man who was in debt, and every man who was discontented, gathered themselves to him, and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.

But if he has wronged thee, or owes anything, charge this to me.

Then he said, Go, borrow for thee vessels abroad from all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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

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.

Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,

And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is no more a vessel. And the oil halted.

Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Thou shall give him his hire in his day, neither shall the sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it, lest he cry against thee to LORD, and it be sin to thee.

none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him

if the wicked man restores the pledge, gives again that which he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.

who was delivered up for our offences, and was raised up for our justification.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what have thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything in the house except a pot of oil.