16 Bible Verses about Settling Accounts
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And therefore the gospel-kingdom is like unto a king, who had a mind to settle accounts with his servants:
and after some time the lord of those servants cometh and settleth his account with them.
The servant therefore fell prostrate before him, saying, Lord, bear with me a while, and I will pay thee all:
and his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and intreated him, saying, Bear with me a while, and I will pay thee all.
But that same servant, as he was going out, met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him but an hundred pence; and he laid hold on him and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest me:
verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last farthing.
I tell thee, thou shalt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
He said also to him that had invited Him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, do not invite thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor thy rich neighbors; least they invite thee again, and so a return be made thee.
Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, do not proclaim it abroad, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may be applauded by men. Verily I tell you, they have their reward.
And when thou prayest, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray in public assemblies, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be taken notice of by men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.
And when ye fast, be not, like the hypocrites, of a gloomy countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may be observed by men to fast: I tell you, they have indeed their reward.
but I tell you, that of every idle word, which men shall speak, they shall give an account in the day of judgement; for by thy words thou shalt be justified,
and not having it 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 away and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.
And his lord being highly provoked delivered him to the officers, till he should pay all that was owing to him.
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- Accounts (17 instances)
- Settling (12 instances)
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