Paying Money You Owe

The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

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

Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.

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 thy hand to do it. — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Bring ye the whole tithe into the store-house, that there may be food in my house, and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 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.

give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.

For for this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God’s service, attending continually upon this very thing. — read the full passage →

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil: which some reaching after have been led astray from the faith, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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

Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. — read the full passage →

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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

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

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

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

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. — read the full passage →

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

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

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

Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Upon the first day of the week let each one of you lay by him in store, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come.

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

Jehovah will open unto 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 shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest.

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

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

And if I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profiteth me nothing.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

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

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

thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

Will a man rob God? yet ye rob me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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

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

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

But thou shalt remember Jehovah 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 at this day.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on 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, therein to be content. — read the full passage →

or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it? — read the full passage →

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

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

and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.

My little children, these things write I unto you that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

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

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds:

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

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

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

And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure-house.

Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest. — read the full passage →

At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: — read the full passage →

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. — read the full passage →

Howbeit if ye fulfil the royal law, according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:

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

Now in these days there came down prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. — read the full passage →

And the men that journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing the voice, but beholding no man.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judæa and Samaria, except the apostles. — read the full passage →

Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. — read the full passage →

Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah. — read the full passage →

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

If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;

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

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves also in the body.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

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

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

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Wherefore my judgment is, that we trouble not them that from among the Gentiles turn to God; — read the full passage →

And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do? — read the full passage →

Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, who would make a reckoning with his servants. — read the full passage →

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.