Financial Debt

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

and my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus;

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

They cried, and Jehovah heard, And from all their distresses delivered them. — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

if, then, in the unrighteous mammon ye became not faithful--the true who will entrust to you?

`Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed, and shaken, and running over, they shall give into your bosom; for with that measure with which ye measure, it shall be measured to you again.'

for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent <FI>to<Fi> many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

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

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

Mine <FI>is<Fi> the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

beloved, concerning all things I desire thee to prosper, and to be in health, even as thy soul doth prosper,

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

`Ye do not steal, nor feign, nor lie one against his fellow.

for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens. — read the full passage →

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

A Psalm of David. To Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> the earth and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens.

Evil <FI>one<Fi> suffereth when he hath been surety <FI>for<Fi> a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

Have ye not known that your body is a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own, — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? — read the full passage →

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

And strengthen himself doth Solomon son of David over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God <FI>is<Fi> with him, and maketh him exceedingly great. — read the full passage →

And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, `Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou <FI>and<Fi> thy sons do live of the rest.'

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; -- — read the full passage →

not that in respect of want I say <FI>it<Fi> , for I did learn in the things in which I am--to be content; — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

and God doth commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase.

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

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

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.' — read the full passage →

each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, — read the full passage →

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;

for the wages of the sin <FI>is<Fi> death, and the gift of God <FI>is<Fi> life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

Whoso is refusing instruction--poverty and shame, And whoso is observing reproof is honoured.

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase; — read the full passage →

`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

`And when a man doth ask <FI>anything<Fi> from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died--its owner not being with it--he doth certainly repay;

for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, — read the full passage →

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God; — read the full passage →

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

He who indeed His own Son did not spare, but for us all did deliver him up, how shall He not also with him the all things grant to us?

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

The blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

all your care having cast upon Him, because He careth for you.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

render, therefore, to all <FI>their<Fi> dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour. — read the full passage →