Bible Verses About Creditors: Often cruel in exacting debts

I thought the matter over and then took issue with the nobles and rulers. I charged them, "You are lending against pledges, everyone to his brother"; and I summoned a great assembly to deal with them.

I said to them, "We, to the limit of our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Judeans who sold themselves to the pagans. Now you are selling your own brothers, and we will have to buy them back!"They stayed silent; they couldn't think of anything to say.

I also said, "What you are doing is not good! You should be living in fear of our God, so that our pagan enemies won't have grounds for deriding us.

they drive away the orphan's donkey; as collateral, they seize the widow's ox.

They push the needy out of the way -the poor of the land are forced into hiding;

like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they have to go out and scavenge food, [hoping that] the desert will provide food for their children.

They must reap in fields that are not their own and gather late grapes in the vineyards of the wicked.

They pass the night without clothing, naked, uncovered in the cold,

wet with mountain rain, and hugging the rock for lack of shelter.

"There are those who pluck orphans from the breast and [those who] take [the clothes of] the poor in pledge,

"But as that servant was leaving, he came upon one of his fellow servants who owed him some tiny sum. He grabbed him and began to choke him, crying, `Pay back what you owe me!'

His fellow servant fell before him and begged, `Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.'

But he refused; instead, he had him thrown in jail until he should repay the debt.