New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Creditors

• Defined Ph'm 1:18
• Might demand
  • Pledges Dt. 24:10, 11; Pr. 22:27
  • Security of others Pr. 6:1, 22:26
  • Mortgages on property Neh. 5:3
  • Bills or promissory notes Lk. 16:6, 7
• To return before sunset, garments taken in pledge Ex. 22:26, 27; Dt. 24:12, 13; Ezek. 18:7, 12
• Prohibited from
  • Taking millstones in pledge Dt. 24:6
  • Violently selecting pledges Dt. 24:10
  • Exacting usury from brethren Ex. 22:25; Lev. 25:36, 37
  • Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year Dt. 15:2, 3
• Might take interest from strangers Dt. 23:20
• Sometimes entirely remitted debts Neh. 5:10-12; Mt. 18:27; Lk. 7:42
• Often cruel in exacting debts Neh. 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 2 Ki. 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 1 Sam. 22:2; Lk. 16:5-7
• Illustrative of
  • God's claim upon men Mt. 5:25, 26, 18:23, 35; Lk. 7:41, 47
  • The demands of the law Gal. 5:3