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, whoever he may be, keeps on begging you, give to him; if anyone wants to borrow from you, do not turn him away.
Hastings
DEBT
1. In OT.
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And forgive us our debts, as we have forgiven our debtors.
So the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle up his accounts with his slaves,
So the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle up his accounts with his slaves,
So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.
And if you ever lend to people expecting to get it back, what credit do you get for that? Even notorious sinners practice lending to one another, expecting to get it back in full. But you must practice loving your enemies, doing good to them, and lending to them, despairing of nothing; so that your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
"Two men were in debt to a money-lender. One owed him a hundred dollars, the other ten.
So he called in each of his master's debtors, and asked the first one, 'How much do you owe my master?'
So why did you not put my money into the bank? In that case, when I came back I could have gotten interest on my principal.'
canceled the note that stood against us, with its requirements, and has put it out of our way by nailing it to the cross.