Quotes about Debt
May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
- Psalm 109:11
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- Proverbs 17:18
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Proverbs 20:16
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- Proverbs 22:7
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Proverbs 22:27
Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
- Habakkuk 2:7
Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
- Matthew 5:26
Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
- Matthew 18:25
Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
- Matthew 18:26
His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.
- Matthew 18:27
But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’
- Matthew 18:28
So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
- Matthew 18:29