Thematic Bible: The credit system
Thematic Bible
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.
And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.
But love your enemies, and do them good, and lend, never despairing; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Most High: for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
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