Bible Verses About Debt
9 Bible verses about Debt to read, reflect on, and commit to memory.
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.
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.
Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you.
All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.
Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.