16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore is the kingdom of the heavens likened unto a man who is king who would take account of his slaves.

And after a long time the lord of those slaves came and reckoned accounts with them.

The slave therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

And his fellowslave fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

But as the same slave was leaving, he found one of his fellowslaves who owed him a hundred denarius, and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest.

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out of there, until thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

I tell thee, in no wise shalt thou come out of there until thou hast paid the very last mite.

Then said he also to him that invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made thee.

Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They already have their reward.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due unto him.

Or who has first given unto him, that it be recompensed unto him again?