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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If anyone begs from you, give to him, and when anyone 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 have forgiven our debtors.
For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.
For this reason the Kingdom of Heaven may be compared to a king, who resolved to settle accounts with his slaves.
Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and then when I came back I would have gotten my property with interest.
And if you lend only to people from whom you expect to get something, what merit is there in that? Even godless people lend to godless people, meaning to get it back again in full. But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.
"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars and the other ten.
Then he called in each of his master's debtors, and he said to the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'
Then why did you not put my money in the bank, so that when I came back I could have gotten it with interest?'
canceled the bond which stood against us, with its requirements, and put it out of our way when he nailed it to the cross.