Nehemiah 5:3

There were some who said: We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt. Let us get grain because we are in need.

Genesis 47:15-25

When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, the Egyptians came to Joseph and said: Give us food! Do not let us die. Do something! Our money is all gone.

Leviticus 25:35-39

If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.

Deuteronomy 15:7

This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

Malachi 3:8-11

I ask you: 'will you rob and defraud God? Of course not, yet you are robbing and defrauding me!' 'How have we robbed and defrauded?' You ask. 'In the matter of tithes and offerings.'

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, the Egyptians came to Joseph and said: Give us food! Do not let us die. Do something! Our money is all gone.
Leviticus 25:35
If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home.
Deuteronomy 15:7
This is what you must do whenever there are poor Israelites in one of your cities in the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

Because

Malachi 3:8
I ask you: 'will you rob and defraud God? Of course not, yet you are robbing and defrauding me!' 'How have we robbed and defrauded?' You ask. 'In the matter of tithes and offerings.'

General references

Exodus 22:25
When you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest.
Amos 8:6
We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?