Thematic Bible: Credit system
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Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
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.
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A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
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Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
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Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.
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Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
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Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
'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;
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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,
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Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
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thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;
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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!
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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.
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Credit system » Borrowing
to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
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The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.
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The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.
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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;
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And he saith, 'Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let them not be few;
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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!'
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Credit system » Lending encouraged
to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
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for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.
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All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed is for a blessing.
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Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.
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'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;
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Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
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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:
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None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.
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The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink in the house of their gods.
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Credit system » Creditors, general references to
None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it is he is taking in pledge.
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The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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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.'
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Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
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.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'
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Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
'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.
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
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.'
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Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other -- law he hath fulfilled,
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