Bible Verses about “paying debt”
The Bible contains 13 verses about paying debt across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“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.”
“For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.”
“Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.”
“The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.”
“The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, but the righteous give generously.”
“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.”
“Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”
“It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.”
“Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you," when you have it by you.”
“Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.”
“If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?”
“"'You shall not steal. "'You shall not lie. "'You shall not deceive one another.”