Paying a Debt
10 passages
- Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Read it in context - Proverbs 3:27–28
27Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. 28Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
Read it in context - Romans 13:5–7
5Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work. 7Pay everyone what you owe him: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
Read it in context - Numbers 30:2
If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:26–27
26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Read it in context - Leviticus 19:11
You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
Read it in context - Matthew 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Read it in context - Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
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