Thematic Bible: Credit system


Thematic Bible



My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

The righteousness of the blameless will 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 strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman! Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, "You exact usury, everyone of his brother." I held a great assembly against them. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of


Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

he who doesn't lend out his money for usury, nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken. A Poem by David. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending




"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

Then he said, "Go, borrow containers from of all your neighbors, even empty containers. Don't borrow just a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water. Then he cried, and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed." Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment. Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanBeing In DebtDiscretionGrace, In Human RelationshipsInterestLendingJusticeConfidentialityA Good Manfairness


For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and 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, "Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves." 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 reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Some also there were that said, "We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine." Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?' He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

Then she came and told the man of God. He said, "Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest." Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money