Thematic Bible: The credit system


Thematic Bible






And if a man shall borrow aught of his neighbor, and it shall be hurt, or die, the owner of it being not with it, he shall surely make it good. Verse ConceptsBeing In DebtLendingRepaying DebtDuties To NeighboursBorrowingLosing Someone

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. Verse ConceptsBorrowing, Examples OfDebtpotdrums

But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling


But thou shalt open thy hand wide to him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. Verse ConceptsNeedCreditorsInterestSaints, Care For The PoorAlmsgivingAltruismCharity

He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Verse ConceptsCharacter Of SaintsBlessing Through God's People



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

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

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men. 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