Paying Your Debts

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

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.

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

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

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

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. — read the full passage →

But those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you 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.’”

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

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

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

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.

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

Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” — read the full passage →

“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.

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

“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.”

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

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

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.

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

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.

Don’t love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. — read the full passage →

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

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.

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.

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.”

Remember this: he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

I coveted no one’s silver, or gold, or clothing. — read the full passage →

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

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

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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

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

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?

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

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.

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.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

so shall my word be that goes out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing I sent it to do.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

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

“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.

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

Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake. — read the full passage →

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

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

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

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 →

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

“If a man borrows anything of his neighbor’s, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

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,

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.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

When they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost.”

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

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

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge; for he takes a life in pledge.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.

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 →

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.

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

He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition. — read the full passage →

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

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

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

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed.

he who doesn’t lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.

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 to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house.

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.”

The foreigner who is in your midst will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower. — read the full passage →

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

“‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

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.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

“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 →

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

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

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty. — read the full passage →

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident. — read the full passage →

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, — read the full passage →

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

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 →