Scripture offers guidance on managing financial obligations, warning against the dangers of indebtedness. According to Proverbs 22:7, the borrower becomes a servant to the lender, emphasizing the importance of prudent financial decisions. Additionally, Romans 13:8 advises believers to owe nothing except love, highlighting the need for responsible stewardship. The book of Proverbs also encourages trust in God's provision, as seen in Proverbs 3:5-6, and Philippians 4:19 assures believers that God will supply all their needs. By honoring God with their resources, as Proverbs 3:9 suggests, believers can cultivate a healthy relationship with money and 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.
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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.
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?
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears; He delivers them from all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all. He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.
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.
But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.