What Does the Bible Say About Debt? 15+ Verses on Borrowing and Money

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

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

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

"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?"

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

"The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt."

"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."

"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 son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor."

"He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure."

"A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor."

"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.”"

"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?"

"Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor."

"Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again; tomorrow I will give it to you,” when you have it by you."

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