Thematic Bible: Debts


Thematic Bible



My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger, If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking in sense pledges
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of


Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

He does not put out his money at interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
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

"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine.” Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your 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 your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger, If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way,
But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness.
Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking in sense pledges
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them. Verse ConceptsMind, The HumanCovetousness, Example Of


Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

He does not put out his money at interest,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
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

"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine.” Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your 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 your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine.” Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your 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 your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.” Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money