Thematic Bible: Credit system
Thematic Bible
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger, If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
But
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
And for an
Credit system » Debts » Usury, forbidden
“If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest.
I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, “You are exacting usury, each from his brother!” Therefore, I held a great assembly against them.
Gathers it
Nor
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man,
Credit system » Borrowing
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
But the righteous
“If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution.
Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.”
Credit system » Lending encouraged
but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.
He will
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
And
If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
They take the
And in the house of their God they
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
They take the
Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
Credit system » Debts » Insolvency acknowledged
"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. "But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.
Credit system » Debts » Secured by mortgages
There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine.”
Credit system » Debts » Fraudulent settlement of
"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' "And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
Credit system » Debts » Not to be repudiated
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
Credit system » Debts » Obligation to pay
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.