Thematic Bible: Credit system


Thematic Bible



My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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 shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

If thou shalt lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact interest, 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, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. Verse ConceptsCreditorsGreed, Condemnation OfInterestKindnessMoney, Stewardship OfUnjust GainBlessings For Those Who Help The PoorChargeSaving Moneyinvestingpity

Take thou no interest of him, or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with 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He that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending




And if a man shall borrow aught of his neighbor, and it shall be hurt, or die, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



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

If thou shalt at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by the setting of the sun. Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a 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 upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone for a pledge: for he taketh a man's life for a 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

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men. 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

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But as he had not ability to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

So he called every one of his lord's debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou to my lord? And he said, A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children on the remainder. Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money