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100 Bible Verses about

Being Owed Money

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 54 helpful votes

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but

the righteous is generous and gives;

Romans 13:8 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other,

for the one who loves another has fulfilled the
law.

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 35 helpful votes

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is

the slave of the lender.

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 34 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of

evils. It is through this craving that some have
wandered away from the faith and pierced
themselves with many pangs.

Romans 13:7 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom

taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is
owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor
to whom honor is owed.

1 Timothy 5:8 ESV / 28 helpful votes

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives,

and especially for members of his household, he
has denied the faith and is worse than an
unbeliever.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 26 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will

hate the one and love the other, or he will be
devoted to the one and despise the other. You
cannot serve God and money.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be

content with what you have, for he has said, “I
will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Luke 6:38 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure,

pressed down, shaken together, running over,
will be put into your lap. For with the measure
you use it will be measured back to you.”

Leviticus 19:13 ESV / 25 helpful votes

“You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him.

The wages of a hired worker shall not remain
with you all night until the morning.

Matthew 5:42 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Give to the one who begs from you, and do not

refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Proverbs 13:11 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever

gathers little by little will increase it.

Exodus 22:25 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“If you lend money to any of my people with you

who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender
to him, and you shall not exact interest from
him.

Matthew 6:21 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For where your treasure is, there your heart will

be also.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 20 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours

according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 5:10 ESV / 20 helpful votes

He who loves money will not be satisfied with

money, nor he who loves wealth with his
income; this also is vanity.

Psalm 37:21-25 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but

the righteous is generous and gives; for those
blessed by the LORD shall inherit the land, but
those cursed by him shall be cut off. The steps
of a man are established by the LORD, when he
delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not
be cast headlong, for the LORD upholds his
hand. I have been young, and now am old, yet I
have not seen the righteous forsaken or his
children begging for bread.

Luke 12:15 ESV / 19 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your

guard against all covetousness, for one's life
does not consist in the abundance of his
possessions.”

Romans 13:7-8 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom

taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is
owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor
to whom honor is owed. Owe no one anything,
except to love each other, for the one who loves
another has fulfilled the law.

Deuteronomy 8:18 ESV / 16 helpful votes

You shall remember the LORD your God, for it is

he who gives you power to get wealth, that he
may confirm his covenant that he swore to your
fathers, as it is this day.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that

there may be food in my house. And thereby put
me to the test, says the LORD of hosts, if I will
not open the windows of heaven for you and
pour down for you a blessing until there is no
more need.

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and

profit gathers it for him who is generous to the
poor.

Proverbs 27:23 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Know well the condition of your flocks, and give

attention to your herds,

Deuteronomy 28:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes

The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the

heavens, to give the rain to your land in its
season and to bless all the work of your hands.
And you shall lend to many nations, but you
shall not borrow.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 13 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working

hard in this way we must help the weak and
remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he
himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to
receive.’”

Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 13 helpful votes

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,

where moth and rust destroy and where thieves
break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
rust destroys and where thieves do not break in
and steal. For where your treasure is, there your
heart will be also.

Luke 6:35 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend,

expecting nothing in return, and your reward will
be great, and you will be sons of the Most High,
for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Proverbs 22:1 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A good name is to be chosen rather than great

riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

Proverbs 13:22 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A good man leaves an inheritance to his

children's children, but the sinner's wealth is
laid up for the righteous.

Psalm 37:4 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you

the desires of your heart.

1 Peter 2:18-25 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Servants, be subject to your masters with all

respect, not only to the good and gentle but
also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing,
when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows
while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if,
when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure?
But if when you do good and suffer for it you
endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of
God. For to this you have been called, because
Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an
example, so that you might follow in his steps.
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found
in his mouth. ...

1 Timothy 6:17-19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them

not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the
uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly
provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to
do good, to be rich in good works, to be
generous and ready to share, thus storing up
treasure for themselves as a good foundation
for the future, so that they may take hold of that
which is truly life.

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his

heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for
God loves a cheerful giver.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a

wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 3:27 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is

due, when it is in your power to do it.

Revelation 3:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I

need nothing, not realizing that you are
wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

1 Peter 5:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you,

exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but
willingly, as God would have you; not for
shameful gain, but eagerly;

Hebrews 13:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my

helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

1 Corinthians 16:2 ESV / 9 helpful votes

On the first day of every week, each of you is to

put something aside and store it up, as he may
prosper, so that there will be no collecting when
I come.

John 3:16 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his

only Son, that whoever believes in him should
not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 14:28-30 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does

not first sit down and count the cost, whether he
has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he
has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all
who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man
began to build and was not able to finish.’

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Then you ought to have invested my money with

the bankers, and at my coming I should have
received what was my own with interest.

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in

everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known
to God.

2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And God is able to make all grace abound to

you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at
all times, you may abound in every good work.

Matthew 19:21 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go,

sell what you possess and give to the poor, and
you will have treasure in heaven; and come,
follow me.”

Proverbs 22:26-27 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put

up security for debts. If you have nothing with
which to pay, why should your bed be taken
from under you?

Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's

dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

James 1:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who

gives generously to all without reproach, and it
will be given him.

1 Timothy 5:17-18 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let the elders who rule well be considered

worthy of double honor, especially those who
labor in preaching and teaching. For the
Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox
when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer
deserves his wages.”

Proverbs 23:4-5 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning

enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is
gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like
an eagle toward heaven.

1 Samuel 2:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The LORD makes poor and makes rich; he brings

low and he exalts.

Deuteronomy 25:13-15 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of

weights, a large and a small. You shall not have
in your house two kinds of measures, a large
and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have,
a full and fair measure you shall have, that your
days may be long in the land that the LORD your
God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 23:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes

“You shall not charge interest on loans to your

brother, interest on money, interest on food,
interest on anything that is lent for interest.

Philippians 4:11-13 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I

have learned in whatever situation I am to be
content. I know how to be brought low, and I
know how to abound. In any and every
circumstance, I have learned the secret of
facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.
I can do all things through him who strengthens
me.

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who

called his servants and entrusted to them his
property. To one he gave five talents, to another
two, to another one, to each according to his
ability. Then he went away. He who had received
the five talents went at once and traded with
them, and he made five talents more. So also he
who had the two talents made two talents more.
But he who had received the one talent went
and dug in the ground and hid his master's
money. ...

Matthew 13:44-46 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden

in a field, which a man found and covered up.
Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has
and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of
heaven is like a merchant in search of fine
pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value,
went and sold all that he had and bought it.

Matthew 6:33 ESV / 6 helpful votes

But seek first the kingdom of God and his

righteousness, and all these things will be
added to you.

Matthew 5:40-42 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And if anyone would sue you and take your

tunic, let him have your cloak as well. And if
anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him
two miles. Give to the one who begs from you,
and do not refuse the one who would borrow
from you.

Ecclesiastes 5:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

It is better that you should not vow than that you

should vow and not pay.

Proverbs 21:5 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The plans of the diligent lead surely to

abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes
only to poverty.

Proverbs 17:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts

up security in the presence of his neighbor.

Proverbs 15:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whoever is greedy for unjust gain troubles his

own household, but he who hates bribes will
live.

Proverbs 11:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but

righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 10:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of

the diligent makes rich.

Psalm 37:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Better is the little that the righteous has than the

abundance of many wicked. For the arms of the
wicked shall be broken, but the LORD upholds
the righteous.

Deuteronomy 23:19-20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You shall not charge interest on loans to your

brother, interest on money, interest on food,
interest on anything that is lent for interest. You
may charge a foreigner interest, but you may not
charge your brother interest, that the LORD your
God may bless you in all that you undertake in
the land that you are entering to take
possession of it.

Deuteronomy 15:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes

For the LORD your God will bless you, as he

promised you, and you shall lend to many
nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall
rule over many nations, but they shall not rule
over you.

3 John 1:2 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and

that you may be in good health, as it goes well
with your soul.

James 1:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from

above, coming down from the Father of lights,
with whom there is no variation or shadow due
to change.

Hebrews 13:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not neglect to do good and to share what

you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to
God.

1 Corinthians 6:7-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To have lawsuits at all with one another is

already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer
wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? But you
yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own
brothers!

1 Corinthians 6:6-7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But brother goes to law against brother, and that

before unbelievers? To have lawsuits at all with
one another is already a defeat for you. Why not
rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be
defrauded?

1 Corinthians 6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So if you have such cases, why do you lay them

before those who have no standing in the
church?

1 Corinthians 5:1-11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

It is actually reported that there is sexual

immorality among you, and of a kind that is not
tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his
father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you
not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this
be removed from among you. For though absent
in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I
have already pronounced judgment on the one
who did such a thing. When you are assembled
in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is
present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you
are to deliver this man to Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord. ...

1 Corinthians 5:1-13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

It is actually reported that there is sexual

immorality among you, and of a kind that is not
tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his
father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you
not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this
be removed from among you. For though absent
in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I
have already pronounced judgment on the one
who did such a thing. When you are assembled
in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is
present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you
are to deliver this man to Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be
saved in the day of the Lord. ...

Mark 12:41-44 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he sat down opposite the treasury and

watched the people putting money into the
offering box. Many rich people put in large
sums. And a poor widow came and put in two
small copper coins, which make a penny. And he
called his disciples to him and said to them,
“Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in
more than all those who are contributing to the
offering box. For they all contributed out of their
abundance, but she out of her poverty has put
in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Matthew 22:21 ESV / 5 helpful votes

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them,

“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Proverbs 10:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he

adds no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 6:6-8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways,

and be wise. Without having any chief, officer, or
ruler, she prepares her bread in summer and
gathers her food in harvest.

Psalm 1:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel

of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;

Deuteronomy 16:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Every man shall give as he is able, according to

the blessing of the LORD your God that he has
given you.

1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Casting all your anxieties on him, because he

cares for you.

1 Timothy 6:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As for the rich in this present age, charge them

not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the
uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly
provides us with everything to enjoy.

Colossians 3:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord

and not for men,

Colossians 3:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,

to which indeed you were called in one body.
And be thankful.

Romans 14:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die,

we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or
whether we die, we are the Lord's.

Acts 16:37-38 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us

publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman
citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do
they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them
come themselves and take us out.” The police
reported these words to the magistrates, and
they were afraid when they heard that they were
Roman citizens.

Mark 11:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this

mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’
and does not doubt in his heart, but believes
that what he says will come to pass, it will be
done for him.

Mark 8:36 ESV / 4 helpful votes