Thematic Bible: Debts


Thematic Bible



My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And 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 beside you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending

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

If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

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

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments 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

When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine." Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest." Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth,

The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. Verse ConceptsCreditCreditorsInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfCapitalismBankslent

I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And 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 beside you. Verse ConceptsReverence, And Social BehaviourFear God!lent

who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. Verse ConceptsCreditAcceptance Of BribesInterestLendingMoney, Stewardship OfImmovable SaintsNot MovedAvoiding BribesBriberyMoney Blessingslent

does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man, Verse ConceptsExcessGreed, Believers' Response ToInterestLending

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

If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, Verse ConceptsThe SunDressSunsetsLaws About Pledges

"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

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

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments 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

When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine." Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest." Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine." Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

So, summoning his master's debtors one by one, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' He said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'

She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest." Verse ConceptsTradeDebtMoney ManagementSaving Money


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