Thematic Bible: Credit system
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Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
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A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend.
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Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers.
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Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.
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Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
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Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest.
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And my heart within myself ruled, and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact interest, each one from his brother. And I held a great gathering against them.
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He who increases his wealth by interest and unjust gain, he shall gather it for him who will pity the poor.
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You shall take no interest from him, or increase. But you shall fear your God, so that your brother may live with you.
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he has not put out his money at interest, nor has he taken a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall not be moved forever.
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he has not given out on usury, nor has taken any increase, he has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has done judgment between man and man,
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Credit system » Borrowing
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
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The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The wicked borrows, and never pays again; but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
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And if a man borrows from his neighbor, and it is hurt, or dies, and the owner of it not with it, he shall surely make it good.
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And he said, Go, borrow vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.
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And it happened as one was felling a log, the axe-head fell into the water. And he cried and said, Alas, master! For it was borrowed.
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Credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
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But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him enough for his need, that which he lacks.
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All the day long he deals graciously, and lends; and his seed is blessed.
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A good man shows favor, and lends; he will guide his business with fairness.
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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 you shall be the sons of the Highest. For He is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
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Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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If you at all take your neighbor's clothing as a pledge, you shall deliver it to him by the time the sun goes down.
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No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes a man's life to 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 will stretch beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
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Credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes a man's life to 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 certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. And you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.
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Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
And when he had begun to count, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
Some also said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses. Let us buy grain because of the famine.
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Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
So he called every one of his lord's debtors and said; to the first, How much do you owe my lord? And he said, A hundred baths of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill 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 your debt, and you and your sons shall live from the rest.
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Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves another has fulfilled the Law.
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