Paying Debt

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. — read the full passage →

If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? — read the full passage →

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

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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 →

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.

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

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

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

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

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

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

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.

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.

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

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

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

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

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

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

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

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. — read the full passage →

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

There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. — read the full passage →

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

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.

They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

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

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

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord’s release.

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

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:

At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

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

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.

Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

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

But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

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.

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

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

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: — read the full passage →

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 →

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

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.

Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

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 →

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 →

Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

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 →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, — read the full passage →

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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 →

And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, — read the full passage →

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.

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

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.

And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.

My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.