Defined Philemon 1:18

Might Demand

Pledges Deuteronomy 24:10, 11, Proverbs 22:27

Security of others Proverbs 6:1, 22:26

Mortgages on property Nehemiah 5:3

Bills or promissory notes Luke 16:6, 7

To Return before Sunset, Garments Taken in Pledge Exodus 22:26, 27, Deuteronomy 24:12, 13, Ezekiel 18:7, 12

Prohibited From

Taking millstones in pledge Deuteronomy 24:6

Violently selecting pledges Deuteronomy 24:10

Exacting usury from brethren Exodus 22:25, Leviticus 25:36, 37

Exacting debts from brethren during sabbatical year Deuteronomy 15:2, 3

Might Take Interest from Strangers Deuteronomy 23:20

Sometimes Entirely Remitted Debts Nehemiah 5:10-12, Matthew 18:27, Luke 7:42

Often Cruel in Exacting Debts Nehemiah 5:7-9, Job 24:3-9, Matthew 18:28-30

Often Exacted Debts

By selling the debtor or taking him for a servant Matthew 18:25, Exodus 21:2

By selling the debtor's property Matthew 18:25

By selling the debtor's family 2 Kings 4:1, Job 24:9, Matthew 18:25

By imprisonment Matthew 5:25, 26, 18:34

From the sureties Proverbs 11:15, 22:26, 27

Were Often Defrauded 1 Samuel 22:2, Luke 16:5-7

Illustrative Of

God's claim upon men Matthew 5:25, 26, 18:23, 25, Luke 7:41, 47

The demands of the law Galatians 5:3