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

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

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.

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?

If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

So if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.

having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

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.

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there. But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed. . . .

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

Now then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat.

Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.