Thematic Bible: The credit system
Thematic Bible
Business life » The credit system » Borrowing
Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives.
And if a man borrow anything of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or dies, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels outside of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
But as one was cutting down a tree, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
Business life » The credit system » Lending encouraged
Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.
But you shall open your hand wide unto him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he lacks.
A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion.
But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone in pledge: for he takes a man's living in pledge.
They drive away the donkey 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, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be slaves.
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