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Business life » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger, you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
and puts up security for his friend.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Contracts » By joining hands
and puts up security for his friend.
or entered into an agreement with
will not go unpunished,
but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. He did all these things even though he gave his hand in pledge. He will not escape!”
Credit system » Debts » Suretyship, (indorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger, you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
and puts up security for his friend.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
Creditor » Oppressions of
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
Reach a settlement quickly with your adversary while you're on the way with him, or your adversary will hand you over to the judge, the judge to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. I assure you: You will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! / 64 of a daily wage
As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won't drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison. I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last cent."
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen. Some were saying, "We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live." Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine." read more.
Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are [just] like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others." I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, "Each of you is charging his countrymen interest." So I called a large assembly against them and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back." They remained silent and could not say a word. Then I said, "What you are doing isn't right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God [and not invite] the reproach of our foreign enemies? Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest. Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been assessing them." They responded: "We will return [these things] and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say." So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this. I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards. We and our children are [just] like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others." I became extremely angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. After seriously considering the matter, I accused the nobles and officials, saying to them, "Each of you is charging his countrymen interest." So I called a large assembly against them and said, "We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back." They remained silent and could not say a word. Then I said, "What you are doing isn't right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God [and not invite] the reproach of our foreign enemies? Even I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop charging this interest. Return their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses to them immediately, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and olive oil that you have been assessing them." They responded: "We will return [these things] and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say." So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this. I also shook the folds of my robe and said, "May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn't keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!" The whole assembly said, "Amen," and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming [it]; he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading. For he oppressed and abandoned the poor; he seized a house he did not build. Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not escape his desires.
Don't be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans. If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him 100 denarii. He grabbed him, started choking him, and said, 'Pay what you owe!' "At this, his fellow slave fell down and began begging him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he wasn't willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed. read more.
When the other slaves saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened. "Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, 'You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?' And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers until he could pay everything that was owed. So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart."
When the other slaves saw what had taken place, they were deeply distressed and went and reported to their master everything that had happened. "Then, after he had summoned him, his master said to him, 'You wicked slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow slave, as I had mercy on you?' And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers until he could pay everything that was owed. So My heavenly Father will also do to you if each of you does not forgive his brother from his heart."
Creditors » Often exacted debts » From the sureties
Don't be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans. If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Creditors » Might demand » Security of others
or entered into an agreement with
Debt » Security for
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
“Do not take a pair of millstones or an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that is like taking a life as security.
on garments taken as collateral,
and in the house of their God,
they drink wine obtained through fines.
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
"If you lend money to My people-to the poor person among you, you must not be like a moneylender to him; you must not charge him interest. "If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him before sunset. For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body. What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will listen because I am compassionate.
"When you make a loan of any kind to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect what he offers as security. You must stand outside while the man you are making the loan to brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in [the garment] he has given as security. read more.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine." Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
hands » Suretiship entered into by striking
and puts up security for his friend.
or entered into an agreement with
Property » Personal » Sold for debt
Don't be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans. If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
Suretyship » Suretyship, (endorsement), the dangers of
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger, you have been trapped by the words of your lips- ensnared by the words of your mouth.
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.
and puts up security for his friend.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.