Thematic Bible: The credit system
Thematic Bible
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not 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 is gracious and giveth:
And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good;
And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
And it came to pass as one was felling a beam, that the iron fell into the water; and he cried and said, Alas, master, and it was borrowed!
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
To him that asks of thee give, and from him that desires to borrow of thee turn not away.
but thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto him, and shalt certainly lend him on pledge what is sufficient for his need, in that which he lacketh.
It is well with the man that is gracious and lendeth; he will sustain his cause in judgment.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return, and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is good to the unthankful and wicked.
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the hand-mill or the upper millstone in pledge; for it would be taking life in pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
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