Nehemiah 5:3

Some also said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses. Let us buy grain because of the famine.

Genesis 47:15-25

And when silver failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the silver has failed.

Leviticus 25:35-39

And if your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall help him; yes, even if he is a stranger or a tenant, so that he may live with you.

Deuteronomy 15:7

If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers inside any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

Malachi 3:8-11

Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!

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Summary

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

Because

General references

Bible References

Mortgaged

Genesis 47:15
And when silver failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For the silver has failed.
Leviticus 25:35
And if your brother has become poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall help him; yes, even if he is a stranger or a tenant, so that he may live with you.
Deuteronomy 15:7
If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers inside any of your gates in your land which Jehovah your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

Because

Malachi 3:8
Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me. But you say, In what have we robbed You? In the tithe and the offering!

General references

Exodus 22:25
If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.
Amos 8:6
that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; and sell the chaff of the wheat?