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Creditor: Oppressions of 2 Kings 4:1

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”

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Creditor: Oppressions of Nehemiah 5:1–13

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. / Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.” / Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

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Creditor: Oppressions of Job 20:18–20

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading. / For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build. / Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.

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Creditor: Oppressions of Job 22:6

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

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Creditor: Oppressions of Job 24:3, 9

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. / The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

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Creditor: Oppressions of Proverbs 22:26, 27

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. / If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

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Creditor: Oppressions of Matthew 5:25, 26

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. / Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

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Creditor: Oppressions of Matthew 18:28–35

But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ / So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’ / But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

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Creditor: Oppressions of Luke 12:58, 59

Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison. / I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

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