Bible Verses About Debt
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for debt, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,462 votes, led by Proverbs 22:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Debt
Proverbs 22:7294 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Romans 13:8225 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Psalms 37:21200 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Romans 13:7195 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Luke 14:28136 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 22:26-27120 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Matthew 6:24104 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Timothy 5:8101 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Proverbs 13:2277 votes
A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 22:2674 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Deuteronomy 28:1270 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Matthew 6:3367 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 16:1166 votes
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Exodus 22:25-2765 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.
Hebrews 13:563 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Philippians 4:6-757 votes
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Proverbs 13:1156 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 21:2053 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Matthew 5:4253 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Luke 16:1050 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Deuteronomy 15:1-248 votes
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Matthew 6:1246 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Deuteronomy 15:645 votes
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:1044 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
1 Corinthians 10:1340 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
What does the Bible say about debt?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:7 on the subject of debt. Across 3,462 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 13:8, Psalms 37:21, Romans 13:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.