Deuteronomy 24:12

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If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

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  • Deut 24:17 : 17 Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.
  • Job 22:6 : 6 For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:13-15
    3 verses
    90%

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

    15Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Deut 24:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

  • Exod 22:25-27
    3 verses
    85%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

    26For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

    27Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Deut 24:17
    79%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Deut 24:6
    78%

    6Do not take a pair of millstones, not even the upper one, as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as a pledge.

  • Prov 27:13
    77%

    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

    7You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

  • Prov 20:16
    75%

    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you.

    36Do not take interest or profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Exod 23:6
    74%

    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Ezek 18:7
    74%

    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

  • Exod 22:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

    15If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price for her and make her his wife.

  • Deut 15:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

  • Lev 19:13
    73%

    13Do not oppress or rob your neighbor. Do not withhold the wages of a hired worker overnight.

  • Prov 19:17
    73%

    17Whoever is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his good deed.

  • Exod 22:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required.

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

    12If it was attacked and torn apart by a wild animal, the neighbor must provide evidence of this, but does not need to pay restitution for the torn animal.

  • Exod 23:3
    73%

    3Do not show partiality to a poor person in his lawsuit.

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16He does not oppress anyone, or require a pledge for a loan, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19Do not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.

    20Do not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—whether on money, food, or anything that may earn interest.

  • Lev 25:39
    72%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If what was stolen is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

  • Exod 22:7
    71%

    7If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must present himself before God to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

  • Lev 25:26
    71%

    26But if a man has no one to redeem it for him, and later he prospers and finds enough to redeem it,

  • Job 24:9
    71%

    9They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Job 24:3
    71%

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.

  • Deut 15:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2This is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what they have lent to their neighbor. They shall not demand payment from their neighbor or their relative, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.

    3You may demand payment from a foreigner, but you shall release whatever your brother owes you.

  • Ezek 18:12
    71%

    12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

  • Lev 25:28
    70%

    28But if he cannot afford to repay, what he sold will remain with the buyer until the Year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it will be released, and he will return to his property.