Bible verses about Creditors

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

Defined
Philemon 1:18
MIGHT DEMAND
- Pledges
  Deuteronomy 24:10,11; Proverbs 22:27
- Security of others
  Proverbs 6:1; 22:26
- Mortgages on property
  Nehemiah 5:3
- Bills or promissory notes
  Luke 16:6,7
To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge
Exodus 22:26,27; Deuteronomy 24:12,13; Ezekiel 18:7,12
PROHIBITED FROM
- Taking millstones in pledge
  Deuteronomy 24:6
- Violently selecting pledges
  Deuteronomy 24:10
- Exacting usury from brethren
  Exodus 22:25; Leviticus 25:36,37
- Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
  Deuteronomy 15:2,3
Might take interest from strangers
Deuteronomy 23:20
Sometimes entirely remitted debts
Nehemiah 5:10-12; Matthew 18:27; Luke 7:42
Often cruel in exacting debts
Nehemiah 5:7-9; Job 24:3-9; Matthew 18:28-30
OFTEN EXACTED DEBTS
- By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant
  Matthew 18:25; Exodus 21:2
- By selling the debtor's property
  Matthew 18:25
- By selling the debtor's family
  II Kings 4:1; Job 24:9; Matthew 18:25
- By imprisonment
  Matthew 5:25,26; 18:34
- From the sureties
  Proverbs 11:15; 22:26,27
Were often defrauded
I Samuel 22:2; Luke 16:5-7
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God's claim upon men
  Matthew 5:25,26; 18:23,25; Luke 7:41,47
- The demands of the law
  Galatians 5:3

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