Getting Out Of Debt

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.” — read the full passage →

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

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

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?

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase: — read the full passage →

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

May Yahweh increase you more and more, you and your children.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

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

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

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers.

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory is risen on you. — read the full passage →

I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from? — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →

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 →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were carried away from his body to the sick, and the evil spirits went out.

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house, and test me now in this,” says Yahweh of Armies, “if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough for.

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

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.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

and if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and that we would forego the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

“Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ — read the full passage →

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. — read the full passage →

“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.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

He would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay back that which was due.

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. — read the full passage →

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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

Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don’t sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

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.”

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

“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 →

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants. — read the full passage →

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

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. — read the full passage →

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

On the first day of the week, let each one of you save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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

But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

The proud and haughty man, “scoffer” is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy; — read the full passage →

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

Not that I speak in respect to lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. — read the full passage →

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

Yes, I beg you also, true partner, help these women, for they labored with me in the Good News, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

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.

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

“A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. — read the full passage →

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

Simon, whom he also named Peter; Andrew, his brother; James; John; Philip; Bartholomew;

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.

Know well the state of your flocks, and pay attention to your herds:

A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.