Thematic Bible: The credit system


Thematic Bible






“If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his descendants are a blessing.
Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanBeing In DebtDiscretionGrace, In Human RelationshipsInterestLendingJusticeConfidentialityA Good Manfairness


“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