Bible Verses About Debt (33 Verses)

"The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."

"Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law."

"The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth."

"Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?"

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."

"Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt."

"The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow."

"For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee."

"My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend."

"He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure."

"A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend."

"Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest."

"For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?"

"Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour."

"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee."

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."

"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."

"If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?"

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

"If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious."

"Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase."

"Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away."

"There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up."

"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much."

"At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD’S release."

"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

"Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay."

"The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want."

"Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;"

"Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that."

"Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury."

"He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor."