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