LOANS

(See also Banks; Borrowing; Credit; Debt)

Bible view: scl 79; it-2 259-260

being surety for loans: it-2 648, 1046; w06 9/15 17; w02 7/15 28; w01 5/1 18; w00 9/15 25-26

charging interest: it-1 248, 1212; it-2 259-260; w04 5/15 24; w94 9/15 31; w89 9/15 29

‘lending on interest’ (Ps 15:5): w24.06 12-13

loans to fellow Christians: lvs 193; lv 168; w04 10/15 29; g99 4/8 18-19; w98 11/15 24-27; w91 10/15 25-28

loans to poor people: w98 10/15 18

using discernment: w06 3/1 22-23; w97 3/15 19-22

when needy cannot repay: it-2 260

when not to lend: it-2 260

calculating risk: w91 10/15 27-28

Code of Hammurabi: it-1 1212

debt consolidation loans: g90 2/8 23

factor in bank failures: g86 10/22 6-9

Israel (ancient): it-1 248, 600-601; it-2 259-260; w86 2/15 25; w86 10/15 12

Nehemiah’s day: w98 10/15 18

pledges as security: it-2 648

Kingdom Hall construction:

from branch office (discontinued): km 2/92 4

Samuel is ‘lent to Jehovah’ (1Sa 1:28): w07 3/15 16-17