Thematic Bible: Credit system


Thematic Bible



My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger, trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,

The righteousness of the innocent creates a level path, but the wicked fall by their wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Don't be one of those who make promises to guarantee loans for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

"If you loan money to my people, to the poor among you, don't be like a creditor to them and don't impose interest on them. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

So after thinking it over carefully, I accused the officials and nobles openly, "Every one of you is charging your fellow countrymen interest!" So I opened a public investigation against them. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of


You are not to take interest or profit from him. Instead, you are to fear your God and let your relative live with you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

who does not loan his money with interest, and who does not take a bribe against those who are innocent. The one who does these things will stand firm forever. A special Davidic Psalm. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

if he doesn't lend with usury or exact interest, but instead refuses to participate in what is unjust, if he administers true justice between people, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending




"When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it's injured or dies while its owner was not with it, he is certainly to make restitution. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

He told her, "Go out to all of your neighbors in the surrounding streets and borrow lots of pots from them. Don't get just a few empty vessels, either. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!" Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

Every day he is generous, lending freely, and his descendants are blessed. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan; Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan; Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!" Verse ConceptsCreditLonelinessPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Believers AttitudesSchool Of ProphetsServanthood, In SocietySlavery, In OtSuffering, HardshipOppression, Examples OfCreditorsFear Of God, Examples OfDebtorsWidowsSons Of The ProphetsTwo SonsActual WidowsslaveryGodly WomanDebtSchoolBeing A Woman Of GodLeaving Parents For Spouse

When he had begun to settle the accounts, a person who owed him 10,000 talents was brought to him. Because he couldn't pay, his master ordered him, his wife, his children, and everything that he owned to be sold so that payment could be made.

Others were saying, "We're having to mortgage our fields, our vineyards, and our homes so we can buy grain during this famine." Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

"So he called for each of his master's debtors. He asked the first, "How much do you owe my master?' The man replied, "A hundred jars of olive oil.' The manager told him, "Get your bill. Sit down quickly and write "50."'

But he replied, "There isn't even one pot left." Then the oil stopped flowing. After this, she went and told the man of God what had happened. So he said, "Go sell the oil, pay your debt, and you and your children will be able to live on the proceeds." Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


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