Dict: easton - Debt

Debt @ The Mosaic law encouraged the practice of lending kjv@Deuteronomy:15:7; kjv@Psalms:37:26; kjv@Matthew:5:42); but it forbade the exaction of interest except from foreigners. Usury was strongly condemned kjv@Proverbs:28:8; kjv@Ezekiel:18:8 kjv@Ezekiel:18:13, 17; 22:12; kjv@Psalms:15:5). On the Sabbatical year all pecuniary obligations were cancelled kjv@Deuteronomy:15:1-11). These regulations prevented the accumulation of debt.