16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

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

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

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

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

I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

Then said he also to him that bade 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 bid thee again, and a recompence 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 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 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 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 forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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

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

Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?