8 Bible Verses about Repaying Debt
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[The] wicked borrows and does not repay, but [the] righteous [is] gracious and gives.
Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.
Pay to everyone [what is] owed: [pay] taxes to whom taxes [are due]; [pay] customs duties to whom customs duties [are due]; [pay] respect to whom respect [is due]; [pay] honor to whom honor [is due]. Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another, for the one who loves someone else has fulfilled the law.
Do not withhold good from its owner when it is in the power of your hand to do. Do not say to your neighbor, "Go and return and tomorrow I will give [it]," {when it is with you}.
The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.
" 'If a man borrows from his neighbor and it is injured or dies [while] its owner is not with it, he will make restitution.
Therefore tell us what you think. Is it permitted to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" But [because he] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? Show me the coin for the tax!" So they brought him a denarius.read more.
And he said to them, "Whose image and inscription [is] this?" They said to him, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God!"
