Creditors

Creditors

Defined
Philemon 1:18
MIGHT DEMAND
- Pledges
  Deuteronomy 24:10 Deuteronomy 24:11 ; Proverbs 22:27
- Security of others
  Proverbs 6:1 ; 22:26
- Mortgages on property
  Nehemiah 5:3
- Bills or promissory notes
  Luke 16:6 Luke 16:7
To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge
Exodus 22:26 Exodus 22:27 ; Deuteronomy 24:12 Deuteronomy 24:13 ; Ezekiel 18:7 Ezekiel 18:12
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 Leviticus 25:37
- Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year
  Deuteronomy 15:2 Deuteronomy 15:3
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 debtors property
  Matthew 18:25
- By selling the debtors family
  2 Kings 4:1 ; Job 24:9 ; Matthew 18:25
- By imprisonment
  Matthew 5:25 Matthew 5:26 ; 18:34
- From the sureties
  Proverbs 11:15 ; Proverbs 22:26 Proverbs 22:27
Were often defrauded
1 Samuel 22:2 ; Luke 16:5-7
ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Gods claim upon men
  Matthew 5:25 Matthew 5:26 ; Matthew 18:23 Matthew 18:25 ; Luke 7:41 Luke 7:47
- The demands of the law
  Galatians 5:3

Bibliography Information

Torrey, R.A., Reverand. "Entry for 'Creditors'". "The New Topical Text Book". . 1897.