Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, Verse ConceptsHandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. Verse ConceptsBad ParentsSin, God's Judgment OnEscaping EvilPunishmentPunishmentsPunishment of the The WickedBreakupswickedness

And he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant. And, behold, he had given his hand, and has done all these, he shall not escape. Verse ConceptsGuaranteeNo Escape

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges

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

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



Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; that the opponent not deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out from there until you have paid the last kodrantes.

For as you go with your adversary to the judge, give pains in the way to be set free from him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into the prison. I tell you, you shall not depart from there until you have paid the very last lepton.

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. For certain ones said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain for them, so that we may eat and live. Some also said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses. Let us buy grain because of the famine. read more.
And some said, We have borrowed money on our lands and vineyards for the king's tax. Yet now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our sons like their sons. And, lo, we bring our sons and our daughters into bondage, to be slaves, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage. And there is no power for our hand, for other men have our lands and vineyards. And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. And my heart within myself ruled, and I rebuked the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, You exact interest, each one from his brother. And I held a great gathering against them. And I said to them, According to our ability we have redeemed our brothers, the Jews who were sold to the nations. And will you even sell your brothers? Or shall they be sold to us? And they were silent and did not find an answer. And I said, What you do is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations our enemies? And also I, my brothers and my servants, might take from them silver and grain. Please let us leave this lending at interest. Please even today give back to them their lands, their vineyards, their olive-yards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the wine, and the oil, that you take from them. And they said, We will restore, and will ask nothing from them. So we will do as you say. Then I called the priests and took an oath from them that they should do according to this promise. Also I shook my lap and said, So let God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, who does not keep this promise, even may he be shaken out this way and emptied. And all the congregation said, amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

giving back his gain, and he will not eat. As to the wealth of his trading, even he shall not enjoy it. For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it. Surely he shall not know quietness in his belly; he will not escape with the things of desire.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me what you owe. And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, Have patience with me and I will pay you all. And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt. read more.
So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry. And they came and told their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have pitied your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him. So likewise shall My heavenly Father do also to you, unless each one of you from your hearts forgive his brother their trespasses.

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?


Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, Verse ConceptsHandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

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

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

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

And they will stretch beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. Verse ConceptsCreditGuaranteeDrinking WineAccused Of DrunkennessFine As PenaltyInterlopers In The Temple


If you lend money to one of My people who is poor beside you, you shall not be to him as a money-lender, neither shall you lay upon him interest. If you at all take your neighbor's clothing as a pledge, you shall deliver it to him by the time the sun goes down. For that is his covering only, it is his clothing for his skin. In what shall he sleep? And it will be, when he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

When you loan a loan of any kind to your brother, you shall not go into his house to bring forth his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you loan shall bring the pledge outside to you. And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge. read more.
You shall certainly give back to him the pledge at sundown, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you. And it shall be righteousness to you before Jehovah your God.


Some also said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses. Let us buy grain because of the famine. And some said, We have borrowed money on our lands and vineyards for the king's tax.

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, Verse ConceptsHandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

Please lay down a pledge for me with Yourself; who is he who will strike hands with me? Verse ConceptsGuaranteeShaking Hands

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your palms with a stranger, you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

The righteousness of the perfect shall make his way right, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. Verse ConceptsGod's WaysThe Insecurity Of The WickedDistinctives Of Righteousnesswickedness

A man lacking heart strikes hands; he pledges in the presence of his friend. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt

Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge from him for strangers. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, SuretyPledges

Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts. Verse ConceptsCreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

Take his robe that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a strange woman. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges