Thematic Bible: Credit system
Thematic Bible
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger, you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
who put up security for loans.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
“If you lend money to My people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest.
After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, “Each of you is charging his countrymen interest.” So I called a large assembly against them
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collects it for one who is kind to the poor.
Do not profit or take interest from him, but fear your God and let your brother live among you.
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or take a bribe against the innocent
the one who does these things will never be moved.
He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit but keeps his hand from wrongdoing and carries out true justice between men.
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Credit system » Borrowing
but the righteous one is gracious and giving.
“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution.
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Then he said, “Go and borrow empty containers from everyone—from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few.
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As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Oh, my master, it was borrowed!”
Credit system » Lending encouraged
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
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and conducts his business fairly.
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
“If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset.
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“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
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and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
on garments taken as collateral,
and in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
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and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
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Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
When he began to settle accounts, one who owed 10,000 talents was brought before him. Since he had no way to pay it back, his master commanded that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”
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Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
"So he summoned each one of his master's debtors. 'How much do you owe my master?' he asked the first one. " 'A hundred measures of oil,' he said. " 'Take your invoice,' he told him, 'sit down quickly, and write 50.'
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest.”
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Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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