From Nave’s Topical Bible
Debtor
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 16Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- LAWS CONCERNINGExodus 21:2–6Exodus 22:10–15Leviticus 25:14–17Leviticus 25:25–41Leviticus 25:47–55Nehemiah 10:31Matthew 5:25Matthew 5:26Matthew 5:40Matthew 18:25
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO2 Kings 4:1–7Nehemiah 5:3–5Job 20:18Job 20:19Matthew 18:23–33Luke 20:9–16
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The passages, in Bible order (16)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Exodus 21:2–6
If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
Commentary on Exodus 21:2–61 voice
We read that every Hebrew keeps the same Passover, and that in the seventh year every prisoner is set free, and that at Jubilee, that is, the fiftieth year, every possession returns to its owner. All this refers not to the present but to the future. For being in bondage during the six days of this world, on the seventh day, the true and eternal sabbath, we shall be free. If we wish to be free, we will be free even while still in bondage in the world.
Jerome· AGAINST JOVINIAN 2.25, 420Patristic
- Exodus 22:10–15
If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
Commentary on Exodus 22:10–151 voice
If a man deliver to his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast to keep,.... And he keeps it without a reward, as the Targum of Jonathan; but Jarchi and Aben Ezra more rightly interpret this of one that keeps for hire, as herdsmen, shepherds, &c.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 25:14–17
If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.
Commentary on Leviticus 25:14–171 voice
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 25:25–41
If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his nearest of kin may come and redeem what his brother has sold.
Commentary on Leviticus 25:25–411 voice
If thy brother be waxen poor,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 25:47–55
If a foreigner residing among you prospers, but your countryman dwelling near him becomes destitute and sells himself to the foreigner or to a member of his clan,
Commentary on Leviticus 25:47–551 voice
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Kings 4:1–7
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!”
Commentary on 2 Kings 4:1–71 voice
Just as we said concerning blessed Elijah that he typified our Lord and Savior, dearly beloved, so we assert with confidence and assurance that holy Elisha was an image of our Savior. As you heard in the sacred lesson, a certain widow cried to blessed …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 128.1, 542Patristic
- Nehemiah 5:3–5
Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”
Commentary on Nehemiah 5:3–52 voices
Some also there were that said, we have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses,.... Made them over to others, put them into their hands as pledges for money received of them: that we may buy corn; for the support of their families: because of the dearth; or famine; which might be occasioned by their enemies lying in wait and intercepting all provisions that might be brought to them; for this seems not to be the famine spoken of in Hag 1:10 for that was some years before this, and for a reason which now was not.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Because of the dearth - About the time of Zerubbabel, God had sent a judicial dearth upon the land, as we learn from Haggai, Hag 1:9, etc., for the people it seems were more intent on building houses for themselves than on rebuilding the house of the Lord: Ye looked for much, and, lo, it is come to little; because of mine house that is waste; and ye run, every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Nehemiah 10:31
When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow, and will cancel every debt.
Commentary on Nehemiah 10:311 voice
The peoples of the land, who bring goods for sale, etc. And for us, the Sabbath is always to be kept spiritually, always to abstain from servile work, that is, from sin, always to be free and to see that the Lord himself is God, …
Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735Patristic
- Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Commentary on Job 20:181 voice
Ver. 18. He shall pay for all the things that he hath done, nor yet shall he be consumed. [LITERAL INTERPRETATION] 21. For he 'pays' in torment for those desires, which he retained here contrary to right, and being consigned to avenging flames, he is always dying, in that he is always kept alive in death.
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
- Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Commentary on Job 20:191 voice
Ver. 19, 20. Because he hath broken down and laid bare the house of the poor, because he hath violently taken it away and not builded it, neither is he satisfied in his belly. 23. He 'breaks in pieces and lays bare the house of the poor,' who is not ashamed as well to rob out of avarice him whom he crushes by power. 'He violently taketh it away and doth not build it.' As if it were expressed in plain words; 'He that ought to have builded it, he over and above takes it away.'
Gregory the Dialogist· Morals on the Book of Job, Book XV, 604Patristic
- Matthew 5:25
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.
Commentary on Matthew 5:251 voice
The word here in our Latin books is 'consentiens,' in Greek, εὐνοῶν, which means, 'kind,' 'benevolent.' Some, from that verse of Peter, Your adversary the Devil, &c. (1 Pet. 5:8.) will have the Saviour's command to be, that we should be merciful to the Devil, not causing him to endure punishment for our sakes. For as he puts in our way the incentives to vice, if we yield to his suggestions, he will be tormented for our sakes.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:26
Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.
Commentary on Matthew 5:262 voices
From the preceding and subsequent passages, it is clear that our Lord and Savior, while we run on the path of this world, encourages us to peace and harmony, according to the Apostle, who says: If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with all men (Rom. XII, 18).
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
The word here in our Latin books is 'consentiens,' in Greek, εὐνοῶν, which means, 'kind,' 'benevolent.' Some, from that verse of Peter, Your adversary the Devil, &c. (1 Pet. 5:8.) will have the Saviour's command to be, that we should be merciful to the Devil, not causing him to endure punishment for our sakes. For as he puts in our way the incentives to vice, if we yield to his suggestions, he will be tormented for our sakes.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 5:40
if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;
Commentary on Matthew 5:401 voice
Else how will one, when he has two coats, give the one of them to the naked, unless he be a man likewise to offer to one who takes away his coat his cloak as well? How shall we fashion to us friends from mammon, if we love it so much as not to put up with its loss? We shall perish together with the lost mammon.
Tertullian· Of Patience, 220Patristic
- Matthew 18:23–33
Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.
Commentary on Matthew 18:23–331 voice
(Verse 23.) Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. It is customary for the Syrians and especially the Palestinians to connect all their speech with parables, so that what cannot be understood by the listeners through a simple commandment may be understood through similarity and examples. Therefore, he instructed Peter using the comparison of a king and master, and servants. The servant, who owed ten thousand talents, begged the master for forgiveness and obtained it; so he also should forgive his fellow servants for their lesser sins.
Jerome· Commentary on Matthew, 420Patristic
- Matthew 18:25
Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
Commentary on Matthew 18:252 voices
I know that some interpret the man who owed the ten thousand talents to be the devil, and by his wife and children who were to be sold when he persevered in his wickedness, understand foolishness, and hurtful thoughts. For as wisdom is called the wife of the righteous man, so the wife of the unrighteous and the sinner is called foolishness.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
The sale of his wife and the rest of his family shows the complete and utter separation from the joys of God. For the sale shows quite clearly alienation from God. Those alienated from God are those who hear those bitter, fearful words, "Depart from me, you workers of iniquity, for I do not know you."
Cyril of Alexandria· FRAGMENT 217, 444Patristic
- Luke 20:9–16
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
Commentary on Luke 20:9–161 voice
Very many derive various meanings from the word vineyard, but Isaiah clearly stated that the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel. Who else but God founded this vineyard? He leased it and set out to foreign places. The Lord, who is always everywhere, does not journey from place to place, but he is present to those who love him and absent from those who neglect him. He was absent for many seasons, fearing that the foreclosure might seem premature.
Ambrose of Milan· EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE 9.23-24, 397Patristic