51 Bible Verses about Debt
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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?
And, moved with compassion, the master of that servant released him, and, the loan, he, forgave, him.
Making answer, Simon said - I suppose, that he to whom, the more, he forgave. And, he, said unto him - Rightly, hast thou judged.
Nothing to any, be owing - save to be loving one another; for, he that loveth his neighbour, hath given to, law, its fulfillment.
Of a foreigner, thou mayest exact it, - but, what thou hast with thy brother, thy hand shall release;
Hence, then, brethren - debtors, we are, not unto the flesh, that, according to flesh, we should live, -
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.
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.
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, - and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
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:
And, when he, began, to settle, there was brought unto him a, certain, debtor, of a thousand talents;
He that despiseth a matter, shall get pledged thereto, but, he that revereth a commandment, the same shall be recompensed.
Unto the wife, let the husband render what is her due, and, in like manner, the wife also, unto the husband, -
He, however, would not, but went away and cast him into prison, - until he should pay what was owing.
Now, unto him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned by way of favour but by way of obligation,
He that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.
Two debtors, there were, to a certain creditor, - the one, owed five hundred denaries, and, the other, fifty.
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.
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.
Both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to wise and to unwise, a debtor, I am:
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!
Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
they not having wherewith to pay, he forgave, both. Which of them, therefore, will love him, more?
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;
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.
And, provoked to anger, his master delivered him up to the torturers, until he should pay all that was owing.
A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
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.
And, if he hath wronged thee at all or oweth thee aught, the same, unto me, do thou reckon: -
And he said - Go, ask thee vessels, from without, of all thy neighbours, - empty vessels, let them not be few.
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.
Then, calling him near, his master saith unto him - O wicked servant! All that debt, forgave I thee, because thou didst beseech me.
A lender to Yahweh, is one who sheweth favour to the poor, and, his good deed, He will pay him back.
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.
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;
My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,
If, however, by favour, no longer of works; else, favour, no longer proveth to be favour!
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.
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.
A brother, can none of them, redeem, he cannot give unto God a ransom for himself:
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: -
A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.
Who was delivered up on account of our offences and was raised on account of the declaring us righteous.
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.
From Thematic Bible
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Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:
No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge.
And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar, - and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.
Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
Topics on Debt
Being In Debt
Romans 13:8Nothing to any, be owing - save to be loving one another; for, he that loveth his neighbour, hath given to, law, its fulfillment.
Repaying Debt
Psalm 37:21A lawless man borroweth, and will not repay, But, a righteous man, showeth favour and giveth;
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