Verse 26

If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:

Referenced Verses

  • Amos 2:8 : 8 By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.
  • Deut 24:6 : 6 No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
  • Prov 22:27 : 27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
  • Deut 24:10-13 : 10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt; 11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you. 12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night; 13 But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.
  • Deut 24:17 : 17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
  • Job 24:3 : 3 They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
  • Job 22:6 : 6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
  • Ezek 33:15 : 15 If the evil-doer lets one who is in his debt have back what is his, and gives back what he had taken by force, and is guided by the rules of life, doing no evil; life will certainly be his, death will not overtake him.