25 Bible Verses About Debt Management (NIV)

⁷ The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

²¹ The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

¹¹ So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches?

²⁸ "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it?

²⁰ In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

⁵ Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

⁸ Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law.

²⁰ A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

²⁶ Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

¹⁸ A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

⁹ Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

¹⁵ Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

¹³ Someone in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." ¹⁴ Jesus replied, "Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?" ¹⁵ Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." ¹⁶ And he told them this parable: "The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. ¹⁷ He thought to himself, 'What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.' ¹⁸ "Then he said, 'This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry."' ²⁰ "But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' ²¹ "This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God."

⁵ It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

¹³ "No servant can serve two masters. 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 both God and Money."

²³ Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

⁴ Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint. ⁵ Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

²⁶ Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; ²⁷ if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.

¹⁵ He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe.

²² The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

²⁰ Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will watch over me on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear ²¹ so that I return safely to my father's house, then the LORD will be my God ²² and this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth."

¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.