- 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
The New Topical Text Book
Creditors
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.