51 Bible Verses about Debt

Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly."

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

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

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

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

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves."

But because he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

Whoever despises instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command will be rewarded.

Let the husband fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as debt.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

"A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.

"But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him, and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe.'

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

I have an obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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

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

When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"

Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tents,

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest."

His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due.

Do not be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

The wicked borrow, and do not pay back, but the righteous give generously.

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone 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 you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account.

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Do not borrow just a few.

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

This is the way of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because the LORD's release has been proclaimed.

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant. I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; he will reward him.

Yes, it has been their good pleasure, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, they owe it to them also to serve them in fleshly things.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace.

It happened, when the containers were full, that she said to her son, "Bring me another container." He said to her, "There isn't another container." The oil stopped flowing.

Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

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

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

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk 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 collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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

Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me: what do you have in the house?" She said, "Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil."