Topic
Debt
21 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 22:25–27Nave SECURITY FOR
¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:…
- Deuteronomy 15:1–11Easton
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the…
- Deuteronomy 15:7Easton
¶ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
- Deuteronomy 24:6Nave SECURITY FOR
¶ No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- Deuteronomy 24:10–13Nave SECURITY FOR
¶ When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with…
- Nehemiah 5:3Nave SECURITY FOR
Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
- Nehemiah 5:4Nave SECURITY FOR
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
- Job 22:6Nave SECURITY FOR
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Job 24:9Nave SECURITY FOR
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- Psalms 15:5Easton
He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Psalms 37:26Easton
He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed.
- Proverbs 11:15Nave SECURITY FOR
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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- Proverbs 22:26 Nave SECURITY FOR
- Proverbs 28:8 Easton
- Ezekiel 18:8 Easton
- Ezekiel 18:13 Easton
- Ezekiel 18:17 Easton
- Ezekiel 22:12 Easton
- Amos 2:8 Nave SECURITY FOR
- Matthew 5:42 Easton
- Romans 13:8 Nave General scriptures concerning
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending (Deut. 15:7; Ps. 37:26; Matt. 5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned (Prov. 28:8; Ezek. 18:8, 13, 17; 22:12; Ps. 15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled (Deut. 15:1-11). These regulations prevented the accumulation of debt.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.