Thematic Bible: Credit system
Thematic Bible
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way; But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them.
He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.
Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,
Credit system » Borrowing
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
Credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses: let us get grain, because of the dearth.
Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
And calling to him each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bond, and sit down quickly and write fifty.
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law.