Thematic Bible: Credit system


Thematic Bible



My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand 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 maketh plain his way; but the wicked falleth by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts: Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

if thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee,thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

And I consulted with myself; and I remonstrated with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother! And I set a great assembly against them. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor. Verse ConceptsCreditorsGreed, Condemnation OfInterestKindnessMoney, Stewardship OfUnjust GainBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorChargeSaving Moneyinvestingpity

Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending




And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good; Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few; Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed! Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People

It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanBeing In DebtDiscretionGrace, In Human RelationshipsInterestLendingJusticeConfidentialityA Good Manfairness


For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down; Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge; Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge; Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows


And having begun to reckon, one debtor of ten thousand talents was brought to him. But he not having anything to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and his children, and everything that he had, and that payment should be made.

And there were that said, We have had to pledge our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, that we might procure corn in the dearth. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

And having called to him each one of the debtors of his own lord, he said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take thy writing and sit down quickly and write fifty.

And 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 on the rest. Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money