Deuteronomy 24:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Deut 6:25 : 25 And it will be our righteousness if we take care to keep all this order before the Lord our God as he has given it to us.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 For this cause, O King, let my suggestion be pleasing to you, and let your sins be covered by righteousness and your evil-doing by mercy to the poor, so that the time of your well-being may be longer.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 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: 27 For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.
  • Deut 24:15 : 15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.
  • Job 24:7-8 : 7 They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold. 8 They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
  • Job 29:11-13 : 11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me; 12 For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter. 13 The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
  • Job 31:16-20 : 16 If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose; 17 If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father; 18 (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;) 19 If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him; 20 If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
  • Ps 106:30-31 : 30 Then Phinehas got up, and made prayer for them; and the disease went no farther. 31 And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
  • Gen 15:6 : 6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
  • Deut 15:9-9 : 9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you. 10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
  • Isa 58:8 : 8 Then will light be shining on you like the morning, and your wounds will quickly be well: and your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will come after 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 18:12 : 12 Has done wrong to the poor and to him who is in need, and taken property by force, and has not given back to one in his debt what is his, and has given worship to images and has done disgusting things,
  • 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;
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:13-14 : 13 For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all; 14 While their hearts go out to you in love and in prayer for you, because of the great grace of God which is in you.
  • Eph 4:26 : 26 Be angry without doing wrong; let not the sun go down on your wrath;
  • 2 Tim 1:16-18 : 16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains; 17 But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me 18 (May he have the Lord's mercy in that day); and of all he did for me at Ephesus you have full knowledge.
  • Jas 1:27 : 27 The religion which is holy and free from evil in the eyes of our God and Father is this: to take care of children who have no fathers and of widows who are in trouble, and to keep oneself untouched by the world.
  • Jas 2:13-23 : 13 For the man who has had no mercy will be judged without mercy, but mercy takes pride in overcoming judging. 14 What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation? 15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food, 16 And one of you says to them, Go in peace, be warm and full of food; but you do not give them the things of which their bodies have need, what profit is there in this? 17 Even so faith without works is dead. 18 But a man may say, You have faith and I have works; let me see your faith without your works, and I will make my faith clear to you by my works. 19 You have the belief that God is one, and you do well: the evil spirits have the same belief, shaking with fear. 20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use? 21 Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them; 23 And the holy Writings were put into effect which said, And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:10-12
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    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;

  • Exod 22:25-27
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    25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.

    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:

    27 For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

  • Deut 24:14-15
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    14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.

    15 Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

  • Deut 24:17-19
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    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:

    18 But keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God made you free: for this is why I give you orders to do this.

    19 When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on all the work of your hands.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13 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
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    27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

  • Lev 19:13
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    13 Do not be cruel to your neighbour or take what is his; do not keep back a servant's payment from him all night till the morning.

  • Ezek 18:7
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    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;

  • Deut 15:8-10
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    8 But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

    9 And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

    10 But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.

  • Job 22:6
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    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.

  • Exod 22:3
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    3 But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

  • Prov 20:16
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    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.

  • Deut 24:6
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    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.

  • Exod 22:11-15
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    11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

    12 But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

    13 But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.

    14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

  • Deut 15:14
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  • Lev 25:37
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    37 Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.

  • Deut 15:2-3
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    2 This is how it is to be done: every creditor is to give up his right to whatever he has let his neighbour have; he is not to make his neighbour, his countryman, give it back; because a general forgiveness has been ordered by the Lord.

    3 A man of another nation may be forced to make payment of his debt, but if your brother has anything of yours, let it go;

  • Lev 25:27-28
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    27 Then let him take into account the years from the time when he gave it up, and make up the loss for the rest of the years to him who took it, and so get back his property.

    28 But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Ezek 18:16
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    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 22:1-2
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    1 If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.

    2 If their owner is not near, or if you are not certain who he is, then take the beast to your house and keep it till its owner comes in search of it, and then you are to give it back to him.

  • Gen 24:41
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    41 And you will be free from your oath to me when you come to my people; and if they will not give her to you, you will be free from your oath.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

  • Deut 23:20
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    20 From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.

  • Exod 22:7
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    7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

  • Deut 28:12
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    12 Opening his store-house in heaven, the Lord will send rain on your land at the right time, blessing all the work of your hands: other nations will make use of your wealth, and you will have no need of theirs.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Prov 3:27-28
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    27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

  • Deut 14:27
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    27 And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.

  • Exod 22:9
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    9 In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

  • Gen 31:39
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    6 And he will make your righteousness be seen like the light, and your cause like the shining of the sun.

  • Lev 25:24
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    24 Wherever there is property in land, the owner is to have the right of getting it back.