11 verses · KJV

Bible verses about Debt

Every reference below is drawn from the topical index for “Debt”. Tap any verse to read it in its full chapter.

8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

25If 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.

26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

Continue reading Deuteronomy 24:10-13 in context →

3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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