Thematic Bible: The credit system


Thematic Bible






When a man borroweth ought of his neighbor if it be hurt or else die, and if the owner thereof be not by, he shall make it good: Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

And he said, "Go and borrow thee in other places, of all thy neighbours, empty vessels - and that not a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

And as one was heaving of a beam, the axe head fell into the water. And he cried out and said, "Alas, master, for it was lent me." Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth gently; therefore shall his seed be blessed. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge. Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge; Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen." Verse ConceptsCreditLonelinessPoverty, Causes OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsRiches, Believers AttitudesSchool Of ProphetsServanthood, In SocietySlavery, In OtSuffering, HardshipOppression, Examples OfCreditorsFear Of God, Examples OfDebtorsWidowsSons Of The ProphetsTwo SonsActual WidowsslaveryGodly WomanDebtSchoolBeing A Woman Of GodLeaving Parents For Spouse