26 Bible Verses about Debt
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So calling upon every one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my master?
Then his lord, moved with compassion towards that servant, discharged him, and forgave him the debt.
And Simon answering said, I suppose, he to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast judged rightly.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
but not having wherewithal to pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, and his wife and his children, and all things whatsoever he possessed, and payment to be made.
and hath blotted out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was the obstacle to us, and took it from the midst, nailing it to the cross;
And when he began to make up the account, there was brought to him one debtor, ten thousand talents in arrear:
Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence, and in like manner also the wife to the husband.
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay what he owed.
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not brought to account as a favour, but as a debt.
A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing, throttled him, saying, Pay me what thou owest.
Both to the Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the ignorant am I a debtor.
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred core of wheat. And he saith to him, Take thy account, and write fourscore.
But having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Tell me, which of these, then, will love him most?
And his lord, incensed, delivered him up to the torturers, till he should pay all that he owed him.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:
They have been so pleased indeed, and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been admitted to a participation in their spiritual things, they ought also to minister to them in carnal things.
But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Topics on Debt
Being In Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Cancelling Debts
Matthew 18:32Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:
Repaying Debt
Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.