Bible Verses About Bankruptcy
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for bankruptcy, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,360 votes, led by Deuteronomy 15:1-2. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Bankruptcy
Deuteronomy 15:1-2109 votes
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Psalms 37:2180 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Proverbs 22:757 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Ecclesiastes 5:551 votes
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Deuteronomy 15:1-2350 votes
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Exodus 22:25-2747 votes
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.
Leviticus 25:35-3742 votes
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.
Ezekiel 18:1335 votes
Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
Leviticus 25:3532 votes
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.
Deuteronomy 23:19-2030 votes
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
Deuteronomy 15:7-1029 votes
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Nehemiah 5:1126 votes
Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
Proverbs 3:5-626 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Luke 6:34-3526 votes
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Romans 13:826 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Exodus 22:2524 votes
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.
Leviticus 25:3923 votes
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
1 John 1:922 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Deuteronomy 8:11-1820 votes
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Luke 7:4220 votes
And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
James 1:5-720 votes
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Proverbs 15:2219 votes
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Luke 7:36-5019 votes
And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat.
Deuteronomy 15:518 votes
Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.
2 Kings 4:1-718 votes
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.
What does the Bible say about bankruptcy?
Readers most often cite Deuteronomy 15:1-2 on the subject of bankruptcy. Across 1,360 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Psalms 37:21, Proverbs 22:7, Ecclesiastes 5:5. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.