Thematic Bible: The credit system
Thematic Bible
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you."
Verse Concepts
The wealthy rule over the poor, and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
Verse Concepts
The wicked borrow but never pay back; but the righteous are generous and give.
Verse Concepts
"When a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it's injured or dies while its owner was not with it, he is certainly to make restitution.
Verse Concepts
He told her, "Go out to all of your neighbors in the surrounding streets and borrow lots of pots from them. Don't get just a few empty vessels, either.
Verse Concepts
It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!"
Verse Concepts
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to the person who asks you for something, and do not turn away from the person who wants to borrow something from you."
Verse Concepts
Instead, be sure to open your hand to him and lend him enough to lessen his need.
Verse Concepts
Every day he is generous, lending freely, and his descendants are blessed.
Verse Concepts
It is good for the person who lends generously, conducting his affairs with fairness.
Verse Concepts
Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.
Verse Concepts
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.
Verse Concepts
They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
Verse Concepts
Now there happened to be a certain woman who had been the wife of a member of the Guild of Prophets. She cried out to Elisha, "My husband who served you has died, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. But a creditor has come to take away my children into indentured servitude!"
Verse Concepts
Related Topics
- Almsgiving
- Altruism
- Asking For Money
- Bankruptcy
- Being In Debt
- Blessing Through God's People
- Borrowing
- Character Of Wicked
- Charity
- Credit
- Creditors
- Debt
- Debtors
- Generosity, Human
- Giving Money To The Church
- Giving Without Expecting Return
- Guarantee
- Interest
- Lending
- Oppression, Nature Of
- Repaying Debt
- Widows
- Slavery
- 3 more topics on System