Thematic Bible: Sold for debt
Thematic Bible
Children » Sold for debt
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried unto Elisha, saying, Thy slave, my husband, is dead; and thou knowest that thy slave feared the LORD; and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves.
Verse Concepts
Yet now, given that the flesh of our brethren is as our flesh and their sons as our sons, behold, we subject our sons and our daughters to slavery, and there are some of our daughters in bondage already; neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Verse Concepts
They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge of the poor.
Verse Concepts
But he not having wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, to make payment.
Verse Concepts
Land » Sold for debt
There were also some that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine. And there were some that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Yet now, given that the flesh of our brethren is as our flesh and their sons as our sons, behold, we subject our sons and our daughters to slavery, and there are some of our daughters in bondage already; neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Property » Personal » Sold for debt
Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should they take away thy bed from under thee?