3 Bible Verses about Creditors
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Be in debt to no man ??apart from the debt of love one to another. He who loves his fellow-man has fulfilled the law.
He also said to the disciples: "There was a rich man who had a factor, and this factor, he found, was accused of misapplying his property. So he summoned him and said, 'What is this I hear about you? Hand in your accounts; you cannot be factor any longer.' The factor said to himself, 'What am I to do, now that my master is taking the factorship away from me? I am too weak to dig, I am ashamed to beg.read more.
Ah, I know what I will do, so that people will welcome me to their houses when I am deposed from the factorship.' So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?' 'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.' Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.' Well, the master praised the dishonest factor for looking ahead; for the children of this world look further ahead in dealing with their own generation than the children of Light.
From Thematic Bible
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
But as that servant went away, he met one of his fellow-servants who owed him twenty pounds, and seizing him by the throat he said, 'Pay your debt!' So his fellow-servant fell down and implored him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' But he refused; he went and had him thrown into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Creditors » Illustrative of » God's claim upon men
That is why the Realm of heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants.
Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;
My heavenly Father will do the same to you unless you each forgive your brother from the heart."
Creditors » Sometimes entirely remitted debts
As they were unable to pay, he freely forgave them both. Tell me, now, which of them will love him most?"
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor's family
as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.
Creditors » Often exacted debts » From the sureties
Creditors » Prohibited from » Exacting usury from brethren
Creditors » Might demand » Security of others
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By imprisonment
Be quick and make terms with your opponent, so long as you and he are on the way to court, in case he hands you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and you are thrown into prison;
And in hot anger his master handed him over to the torturers, till he should pay him all the debt.
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant
as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.
Creditors » Were often defrauded
So he summoned every single one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much are you owing to my master?' 'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.' Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.'
Creditors » Might demand » Pledges
Creditors » Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
Creditors » Prohibited from » Violently selecting pledges
Creditors » Might take interest from strangers
Creditors » Prohibited from » Taking millstones in pledge
Creditors » To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor's property
as he was unable to pay, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all he had, in payment of the sum.
Creditors » Illustrative of » The demands of the law
I insist on this again to everyone who gets circumcised, that he is obliged to carry out the whole of the Law.
Creditors » Defined
and if he has cheated you of any money or owes you any sum, put that down to my account.
Creditors » Might demand » Mortgages on property
Creditors » Bills or promissory notes
'A hundred barrels of oil,' he said. The factor told him, 'Here is your bill; sit down at once and enter fifty barrels.' Then he asked another, 'And how much do you owe?' 'A hundred quarters of wheat,' he said. 'Here is your bill,' said the factor, 'just enter eighty.'
