Bible Verses About Getting Out of Debt
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for getting out of debt, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,309 votes, led by 2 Kings 4:1-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Getting Out of Debt
2 Kings 4:1-798 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.
Proverbs 22:784 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Matthew 6:3384 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 14:2868 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?
Romans 13:863 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 3:9-1061 votes
Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Deuteronomy 28:1-1450 votes
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Psalms 115:1446 votes
The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
Luke 16:1146 votes
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
Colossians 3:2346 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
2 Corinthians 9:843 votes
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
Psalms 25:1-2240 votes
Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Proverbs 13:2239 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 21:2039 votes
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
3 John 1:237 votes
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Isaiah 60:1-336 votes
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
Psalms 121:1-835 votes
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Isaiah 61:1-435 votes
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
John 10:1032 votes
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
1 Corinthians 6:19-2032 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Romans 12:330 votes
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Acts 8:1829 votes
And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
Acts 20:2429 votes
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
1 Corinthians 10:3129 votes
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 8:928 votes
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
What does the Bible say about getting out of debt?
Readers most often cite 2 Kings 4:1-7 on the subject of getting out of debt. Across 1,309 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 22:7, Matthew 6:33, Luke 14:28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.