51 Bible Verses about Debt

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'

And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly."

"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release.

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

Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release.

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

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.

The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband.

He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.

Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.

Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

"A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.'

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

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'

save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?"

And Moses commanded them, "At the end of every seven years, at the set time in the year of release, at the Feast of Booths,

She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."

And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,until he should pay all his debt.

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.

If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.

and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release what he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, because the LORD's release has been proclaimed.

Then his master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.

For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.

then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,

But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing.

Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), lest he cry against you to the LORD, and you be guilty of sin.

Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life,

if the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has taken by robbery, and walks in the statutes of life, not doing injustice, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.

who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."