Paying Debts

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

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.

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

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 →

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 →

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

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

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.

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. — read the full passage →

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 →

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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.

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 →

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

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

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

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.

Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. — read the full passage →

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 →

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

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 →

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

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

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

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

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.

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

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

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

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

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

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.

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

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.

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 →

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. — read the full passage →

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

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 →

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

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

Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. — read the full passage →

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.

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

That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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. — read the full passage →

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: — read the full passage →

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. — read the full passage →

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; — read the full passage →