16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts

Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a king, who was minded to settle accounts with his servants.

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

Then the servant falling prostrate at his feet, said, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

And his fellow-servant falling at his feet, besought him saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

But that servant going out, found one of his fellow-servants who owed him an hundred pence, and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt in no wise come out thence, till thou hast paid the last farthing.

I tell thee, thou shalt in no wise come out thence, till thou hast paid the last mite.

Then said he also to him that had invited him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

Therefore when thou dost 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 shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray, standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may appear to 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 to you, That every idle word which men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

And 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 being wroth, delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.

Who hath first given to him, and it shall be repaid him again?