Bible Concordances
Creditors
Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Defined
Philippians 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
2 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
1 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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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Creditors'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​c/creditors.html. 1897.