Deuteronomy 24:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if the man is poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:

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  • Deut 24:17 : 17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:
  • Job 22:6 : 6 For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
  • Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
  • Job 24:9 : 9 They snatch the fatherless from the breast and take a pledge from the poor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:13-15
    3 verses
    90%

    13In any case you shall return the pledge to him when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own clothing, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.

    14You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of the strangers that are in your land within your gates:

    15You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

  • Deut 24:10-11
    2 verses
    87%

    10When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring out the pledge to you.

  • Exod 22:25-27
    3 verses
    85%

    25If you lend money to any of my people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender to him; you shall not charge him interest.

    26If you take your neighbor's garment as a pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

    27for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.

    27If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Deut 24:17
    79%

    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Deut 24:6
    78%

    6No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone as a pledge: for he takes a man's life as a pledge.

  • Prov 27:13
    77%

    13Take his garment when he is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a foreign woman.

  • Job 22:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, 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 his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he is a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

    36Take no usury from him, or increase; but fear your God; that your brother may live with you.

    37You shall not give him your money upon usury, nor lend him your food for increase.

  • Exod 23:6
    74%

    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Ezek 18:7
    74%

    7And has not oppressed anyone, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

  • Exod 22:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14If a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is broken or dies, with its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

    15But if its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it was hired, it came for its hire.

  • Deut 15:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7If there is among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother.

    8But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely give him sufficient for his need, in what he wants.

    9Beware that there is not a wicked thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,' and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cries to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

    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 shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to.

    11For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

  • Lev 19:13
    73%

    13You shall not defraud your neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

  • Prov 19:17
    73%

    17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, and that which he has given will He pay him again.

  • Exod 22:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to keep and it dies, is injured, or is driven away, with no one seeing it,

    11then an oath of the LORD shall be between them both that he has not put his hand upon his neighbor's goods; and the owner shall accept this, and he shall not make restitution.

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

  • Exod 23:3
    73%

    3Nor shall you show favoritism to a poor man in his dispute.

  • Ezek 18:16
    72%

    16Nor has oppressed anyone, has not withheld the pledge, nor spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment,

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    72%

    19You shall not lend with interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent with interest:

    20To a stranger you may lend with interest; but to your brother you shall not lend with interest, that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are going to possess.

  • Lev 25:39
    72%

    39And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

  • Exod 22:3
    71%

    3If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;

  • Exod 22:7
    71%

    7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

  • Lev 25:26
    71%

    26And if the man has nothing to redeem it, and himself is able to redeem it;

  • Job 24:9
    71%

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

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you.

  • Job 24:3
    71%

    3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

  • Deut 15:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor who lends anything to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not require it from his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the LORD'S release.

    3Of a foreigner, you may require it again, but what is yours with your brother your hand shall release;

  • Ezek 18:12
    71%

    12Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy anything of your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another:

  • Lev 25:28
    70%

    28But if he is not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that bought it until the year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession.