Bible Verses about Debt
| The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously. | The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. |
| Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. | Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. |
| Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. | Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. |
| The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. | The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. |
| Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again. | Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. |
| 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 which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? |
| 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. | 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. |
| Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow. | Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. |
| Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. | And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. |
| Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. |
| 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.” | Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. |
| 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. | 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. |
Bible verse of the day
Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous.His ears listen to their cry.