Thematic Bible: Credit system
Thematic Bible
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If thou shalt lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact interest, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Take thou no interest of him, or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
He that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Credit system » Borrowing
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.
And if a man shall borrow aught of his neighbor, and it shall be hurt, or die, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not thou away.
But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
A good man showeth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
If thou shalt at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by the setting of the sun.
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men.
Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he had not ability to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children on the remainder.
Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.