CREDITORS

CREDITORS: - 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