Bible verses about Creditors
Scripture references about Creditors, organized by subject from the classic topical indexes of Orville Nave and R. A. Torrey.
Creditors in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Defined: Phm 1:18
- MIGHT DEMAND
- Pledges: De 24:10,11; Pr 22:27
- Security of others: Pr 6:1; 22:26
- Mortgages on property: Ne 5:3
- Bills or promissory notes: Lu 16:6,7
- To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge: Ex 22:26,27; De 24:12,13; Eze 18:7,12
- PROHIBITED FROM
- Taking millstones in pledge: De 24:6
- Violently selecting pledges: De 24:10
- Exacting usury from brethren: Ex 22:25; Le 25:36,37
- Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year: De 15:2,3
- Might take interest from strangers: De 23:20
- Sometimes entirely remitted debts: Ne 5:10-12; Mt 18:27; Lu 7:42
- Often cruel in exacting debts: Ne 5:7-9; Job 24:3-9; Mt 18:28-30
- OFTEN EXACTED DEBTS
- By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant: Mt 18:25; Ex 21:2
- By selling the debtor's property: Mt 18:25
- By selling the debtor's family: 2Ki 4:1; Job 24:9; Mt 18:25
- By imprisonment: Mt 5:25,26; 18:34
- From the sureties: Pr 11:15; 22:26,27
- Were often defrauded: 1Sa 22:2; Lu 16:5-7
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- God's claim upon men: Mt 5:25,26; 18:23,25; Lu 7:41,47
- The demands of the law: Ga 5:3