paying debts
What does the Bible say about paying debts? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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21The sinner will lend and not release, but the just one shows compassion and donates.
8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
7Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.
7The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
7Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due. 8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
26Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts. 27For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
5You should not use your mouth so as to cause your flesh to sin. And you should not say, in the sight of an Angel, “There is no Providence.” For God, being angry at your words, may scatter all the works of your hands.
4Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
42Whoever asks of you, give to him. And if anyone would borrow from you, do not turn away from him.
12The Lord will open his excellent treasury, the heavens, so that it may distribute rain in due time. And he will bless all the works of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you yourself will borrow nothing from anyone.
5For this reason, it is necessary to be subject, not solely because of wrath, but also because of conscience. 6Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this. 7Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.
18A foolish man will clap his hands, when he makes a pledge for his friend.
8But if anyone has no concern for his own, and especially for those of his own household, he has denied the faith, and he is worse than an unbeliever.