Thematic Bible: The credit system


Thematic Bible






“When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not there with it, the man must make full restitution. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

Then he said, “Go and borrow empty containers from everyone—from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water, and he cried out, “Oh, my master, it was borrowed!” Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

He is always generous, always lending,
and his children are a blessing.
Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows


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