Debts

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.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.

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?

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

If the stolen property is found in his hand alive, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall pay double.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it, or sells it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

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 every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. — read the full passage →

A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, “Rise, and measure God’s temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it. — read the full passage →

We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father—

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

When therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, — read the full passage →