Bible Verses About Paying Debt
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for paying debt, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 6,104 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 Paying Debt
Psalms 37:21620 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Romans 13:7-8616 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.
Proverbs 22:7362 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 3:27-28349 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Ecclesiastes 5:5342 votes
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Romans 13:8279 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Romans 13:7212 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.
Romans 13:5-7151 votes
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Numbers 30:2133 votes
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Proverbs 3:28107 votes
Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 22:26-27101 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Leviticus 19:11100 votes
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Matthew 6:1293 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Deuteronomy 15:1-2390 votes
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Proverbs 22:182 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Matthew 6:3380 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew 22:17-2179 votes
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?
Colossians 3:2374 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Leviticus 19:1372 votes
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Luke 6:34-3566 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.
Proverbs 17:1863 votes
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Deuteronomy 15:656 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.
Matthew 6:2456 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.
2 Kings 4:1-755 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.
Romans 13:5-854 votes
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
What does the Bible say about paying debt?
Readers most often cite Psalms 37:21 on the subject of paying debt. Across 6,104 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 13:7-8, Proverbs 22:7, Proverbs 3:27-28. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.