Thematic Bible: Credit system


Thematic Bible



My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury; Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

and my heart reigneth over me, and I strive with the freemen, and with the prefects, and say to them, 'Usury one upon another ye are exacting;' and I set against them a great assembly, Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of


thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee; Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age! Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man. Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending




And when a man doth ask anything from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay; Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let them not be few; Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

and it cometh to pass, the one is felling the beam, and the iron hath fallen into the water, and he crieth and saith, 'Alas! my lord, and it asked!' Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed is for a blessing. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink in the house of their gods. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple

None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, 'Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.' 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 he having begun to take account, there was brought near to him one debtor of a myriad of talents, and he having nothing to pay, his lord did command him to be sold, and his wife, and the children, and all, whatever he had, and payment to be made.

And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.' Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

'And having called near each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much dost thou owe to my lord? and he said, A hundred baths of oil; and he said to him, Take thy bill, and having sat down write fifty.

And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, 'Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou and thy sons do live of the rest.' Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money