Bible Verses about Debt
| The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. | The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. |
| Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. | Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. |
| Pay to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor. | Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. |
| The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. | The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. |
| Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. | Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. |
| For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? | For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? |
| For the Lord your God will have blessed you just as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. | For Yahweh your God will bless you, as he promised you. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. You will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. |
| Wealth obtained from nothing dwindles, But one who gathers by labor increases it. | Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. |
| And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. | Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. |
| Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it. | Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
| Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever abandon you,” | Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” |
| No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. | No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. |
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