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Money or goods lent under pledge of repayment (with or without interest). In the spiritual sense, Jesus Christ's righteousness is credited to believers.

Credit in Israel: charitable, not commercial

Deuteronomy 23:19-20 See also Exodus 22:25; Psalm 15:5; Ezekiel 18:7,16-17

The pledge (security): laws protecting the borrower

Deuteronomy 24:10-13 See also Exodus 22:26-27; Leviticus 25:39-40,42; Deuteronomy 24:6

Standing security for another may be hazardous

Proverbs 22:26-27 See also Proverbs 6:1-5; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18 The binding nature of the commitment cautions against a hasty and unwise engagement.

Violations of Israel's “credit controls” roundly condemned

Nehemiah 5:1-12; Job 22:6; Job 24:3,9; Ezekiel 18:12; Amos 2:8

The credit system not condemned by Jesus Christ

Matthew 25:27 pp Luke 19:23

Christians to view this subject in the light of God's grace

Luke 6:34-35 See also Matthew 18:23-27 God is a model creditor.

Creditors demanding a pledge to assure repayment

A personal effect

Deuteronomy 24:6,10-13; Job 24:3; Proverbs 22:26-27

Mortgage of property

Nehemiah 5:3

The surety of a guarantor

Proverbs 6:1-5; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 27:13

Creditors exacting repayments cruelly

2 Kings 4:1 See also Job 22:6; Job 24:3,9; Psalm 109:11; Isaiah 50:1; Ezekiel 18:12-13; Ezekiel 22:12; Amos 2:6,8; Matthew 5:25-26; Matthew 18:25-26,34

Creditors to be considerate in their demands

Deuteronomy 24:6 See also Exodus 22:26-27; Leviticus 25:35-43; Deuteronomy 24:10-13

Creditors perhaps remitting the debt entirely

Matthew 18:27 See also Nehemiah 5:10-12; Matthew 6:12; Luke 7:41-43

Under Mosaic law creditors to cancel debts eventually

Deuteronomy 15:1-3 See also Deuteronomy 31:10; Nehemiah 10:31

Spiritual aspects of credit

Faith credited as righteousness

Romans 4:1-11 See also Genesis 15:6; Psalm 32:2; Psalm 106:31; Ezekiel 18:20; Romans 4:22-24; James 2:23

Jesus Christ's righteousness credited to believers

2 Corinthians 5:21 See also Romans 3:22; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Philippians 3:9

Moral aspects of credit

Philippians 4:17 See also Matthew 10:40-42; Matthew 25:34-36; Luke 6:32-35; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Ephesians 6:7-8 Good deeds will be remembered and rewarded in heaven.

See also

5233  borrowing
5289  debt
5310  exploitation
5353  interest
5389  lending
5465  profit
5500  reward, God's people
5806  compassion
6652  forgiveness
6674  imputation
8154  righteousness
8790  oppression