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 that asketh thee; and from him who wants to borrow of thee, turn not away.
Hastings
DEBT
1. In OT.
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And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven like unto a certain king who purposed to settle his account with his servants.
Therefore is the kingdom of heaven like unto a certain king who purposed to settle his account with his servants.
thou oughtest then to have placed my money with the bankers, so when I came I should have received my own with interest.
And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent. But love your enemies, and do good and lend, hoping for nothing in return: and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Most High; for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the wicked.
A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
So calling upon every one of his master's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my master?
why then gavest thou not my money to the bank, so when I came I might have required it with interest?
and hath blotted out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was the obstacle to us, and took it from the midst, nailing it to the cross;