Scripture teaches that owing money to others can have significant spiritual implications. According to Proverbs 22:7, the borrower becomes a servant to the lender, highlighting the potential for debt to limit one's freedom. The apostle Paul instructs believers to fulfill their obligations in Romans 13:7 and warns against indebtedness in Romans 13:8, emphasizing the importance of integrity in financial dealings. Additionally, Psalms 37:21 notes that the righteous do not borrow, while Colossians 3:23 encourages working diligently, as unto the Lord, to manage resources wisely and avoid debt.
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Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
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.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
No one 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.
For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.