Reference: Debt
Easton
The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (De 15:7; Ps 37:26; Mt 5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Pr 28:8; Eze 18:8,13,17; 22:12; Ps 15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled (De 15:1-11). These regulations prevented the accumulation of debt.
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Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.
Hastings
DEBT
1. In OT.
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And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much back. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and evil.
"A certain creditor had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
So he called in each one of his master's debtors, and he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'
having canceled the certificate of debt, which stood against us with its decrees. He took what was hostile away from us, nailing it to the cross.