Financial Debt

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. — read the full passage →

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.

There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. — read the full passage →

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? — read the full passage →

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. — read the full passage →

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. — read the full passage →

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: — read the full passage →

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: — read the full passage →

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: — read the full passage →

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. — read the full passage →

Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. — read the full passage →

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. — read the full passage →

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: — read the full passage →

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. — read the full passage →

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. — read the full passage →