Bible Verses About Debtors
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for debtors, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,566 votes, led by Psalms 37:21. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Debtors
Psalms 37:21116 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Romans 13:878 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 22:765 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Romans 13:753 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.
Matthew 6:2450 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.
Luke 14:2845 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?
Psalms 37:21-2241 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Proverbs 13:1141 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Matthew 5:4241 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew 6:9-1341 votes
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Hebrews 13:541 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.
Matthew 6:1240 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 5:2638 votes
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
1 Timothy 6:1034 votes
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Ecclesiastes 5:1033 votes
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Romans 13:1-1433 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Deuteronomy 15:632 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.
Proverbs 13:2231 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 22:2631 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Exodus 22:2530 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.
Exodus 20:1-1729 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
Philippians 4:1928 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 5:827 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 21:2026 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Deuteronomy 28:1222 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.
What does the Bible say about debtors?
Readers most often cite Psalms 37:21 on the subject of debtors. Across 2,566 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 13:8, Proverbs 22:7, Romans 13:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.