Thematic Bible: Credit system
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Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
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.
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A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.
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Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
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Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
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Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.
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Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
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.
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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.
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He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
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Thou shalt take no usury nor increase of him; and thou shalt fear thy God; that thy brother may live beside thee.
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He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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he hath not given forth upon usury, nor taken increase; he hath withdrawn his hand from unrighteousness, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
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Credit system » Borrowing
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.
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The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth:
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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;
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And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
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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!
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Credit system » Lending encouraged
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.
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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.
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all the day he is gracious and lendeth, and his seed shall be a blessing.
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It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
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Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou hast taken a pledge of thy brother for nought, and stripped off the clothing of the naked.
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If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
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No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
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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.
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Credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
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And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
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Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
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.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
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.
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Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
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.
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
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.
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Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.
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