51 Bible Verses about Debt

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Luke 16:5

And, calling unto him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he was saying unto the first, - How much owest thou my lord?

Luke 7:43

Making answer, Simon said - I suppose, that he to whom, the more, he forgave. And, he, said unto him - Rightly, hast thou judged.

Deuteronomy 15:3

Of a foreigner, thou mayest exact it, - but, what thou hast with thy brother, thy hand shall release;

Romans 8:12

Hence, then, brethren - debtors, we are, not unto the flesh, that, according to flesh, we should live, -

2 Kings 4:1

Now, a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets, made outcry unto Elisha, saying - Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and, thou, knowest that, thy servant, was one who revered Yahweh, - now, the creditor, hath come to take my two boys to himself as bondmen.

Matthew 18:25

and, he, not having, wherewith to pay, the master ordered him to be sold, and the wife, and the children, and whatsoever he had, - and payment to be made.

Colossians 2:14

Having blotted out the handwriting against us by the decrees, which was hostile to us, - and hath taken away, the same, out of the midst, nailing it up to the cross:

Matthew 18:24

And, when he, began, to settle, there was brought unto him a, certain, debtor, of a thousand talents;

Proverbs 13:13

He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.

Matthew 18:30

He, however, would not, but went away and cast him into prison, - until he should pay what was owing.

Romans 4:4

Now, unto him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned by way of favour but by way of obligation,

Proverbs 11:15

He that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.

Luke 7:41

Two debtors, there were, to a certain creditor, - the one, owed five hundred denaries, and, the other, fifty.

Matthew 18:28

But that servant, going out, found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him, a hundred denaries, and, laying hold of him, he began seizing him by the throat, saying, Pay! if anything thou owest.

Nehemiah 10:31

and, if the peoples of the land should be bringing in wares, or any corn on the sabbath day, to sell, we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day, - and that we would remit the seventh year, and the loan of every hand.

Romans 1:14

Both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to wise and to unwise, a debtor, I am:

Luke 16:7

After that, unto another, he said - And how much owest, thou? And, he, said - A hundred homers of wheat. He saith unto him - Kindly take thine accounts, and write - Eighty!

Proverbs 6:5

Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

Luke 7:42

they not having wherewith to pay, he forgave, both. Which of them, therefore, will love him, more?

Deuteronomy 31:10

And Moses commanded them, saying, - At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;

2 Kings 4:7

Then came she in, and told the man of God, and he said - Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor, - and, thou and thy sons, shall live of the rest.

Matthew 18:34

And, provoked to anger, his master delivered him up to the torturers, until he should pay all that was owing.

Proverbs 22:26

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:

1 Samuel 22:2

And there gathered themselves unto him - every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one embittered in soul, and he came to be over them as a prince, - and there were with him, about four hundred men.

Philemon 1:18

And, if he hath wronged thee at all or oweth thee aught, the same, unto me, do thou reckon: -

2 Kings 4:3

And he said - Go, ask thee vessels, from without, of all thy neighbours, - empty vessels, let them not be few.

Deuteronomy 15:2

And, this, shall be the manner of the release, Every creditor who lendeth aught to his neighbour, his hand shall release it, - he shall not exact it of his neighbour or his brother, because there hath been proclaimed a release unto Yahweh.

Matthew 18:32

Then, calling him near, his master saith unto him - O wicked servant! All that debt, forgave I thee, because thou didst beseech me.

Romans 15:27

They have been well-pleased, indeed, - and, their debtors, they are; for, if, with their spiritual things the nations have come into fellowship, they are bound also with their own carnal things to minister publicly unto them.

Proverbs 6:3

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

2 Kings 4:6

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son - Bring me a vessel more. And he said unto her - There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

Proverbs 6:4

Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;

Deuteronomy 24:15

for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul, - lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin.

Psalm 49:7

A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:

Ezekiel 33:15

The debt-pledge, the lawless man shall restore Plunder, shall pay back, In the statutes of life, hath walked, so as not to commit perversity. He shall surely live he shall not die: -

Proverbs 17:18

A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.

2 Kings 4:2

And Elisha said unto her - What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou, hast, in the house. And she said - Thy maid-servant hath, nothing at all, in the house, save a flask of oil.

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Job 22:6

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

Proverbs 22:26

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:

Deuteronomy 24:6

No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge.

Amos 2:8

And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar, - and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.

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