What Does the Bible Say About God Owes No One?

Romans 13:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The wicked borrows but does not pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

Job 41:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Romans 11:34-36 ESV / 9 helpful votes

“For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Luke 6:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”

Romans 13:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Acts 20:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Haggai 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts.

Proverbs 3:27-28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. ...

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

Psalm 37:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

Deuteronomy 10:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest.

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. ...

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. ...

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for 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 God and money.

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Psalm 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

34 Bible Verses about God Owes No One

Romans 13:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Job 41:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 11:34-36 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Haggai 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:27-28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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34 Bible Verses about God Owes No One

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Romans 13:8 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Proverbs 22:7 ESV / 17 helpful votes

Hebrews 6:10 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Psalm 37:21 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Job 41:11 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Philippians 4:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Romans 11:34-36 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Luke 6:38 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Romans 13:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Acts 20:35 ESV / 6 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Haggai 2:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Proverbs 3:27-28 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Philippians 2:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 24:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Chronicles 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 John 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Corinthians 9:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Proverbs 28:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 37:25 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 10:14 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:14-30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 18:23-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Malachi 3:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 15:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes