Job 22:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:26 : 26 If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,
  • Ezek 18:16 : 16 does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
  • Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
  • Job 24:9-9 : 9 The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. 10 They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.
  • Job 31:19-20 : 19 If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, 20 whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
  • Deut 24:6 : 6 One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
  • Deut 24:10-18 : 10 When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security. 11 You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security. 12 If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. 13 You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God. 14 You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. 15 You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16 Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin. 17 You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan. 18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this.
  • Amos 2:8 : 8 They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

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  • Job 22:7
    82%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Ezek 18:7
    78%

    7does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

  • Exod 22:25-27
    3 verses
    78%

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

    26If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

    27for it is his only covering– it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

  • Job 22:5
    78%

    5Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?

  • Ezek 18:16
    78%

    16does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,

  • Job 24:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.

    10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

  • Ezek 22:10-13
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    77%

    10They have sexual relations with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

    11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

    12They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

    13“‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    77%

    10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

    11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

    13You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the LORD your God.

  • Prov 27:13
    76%

    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

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

    27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

  • Deut 24:17
    76%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Prov 20:16
    76%

    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Isa 3:6
    75%

    6Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’

  • Job 24:7
    74%

    7They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.

  • Ezek 23:26
    73%

    26They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry.

  • Isa 58:7
    73%

    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

  • Jas 2:15
    73%

    15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

  • Amos 5:11
    73%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

  • Ezek 23:29
    73%

    29They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct.

  • Job 36:17
    73%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Job 22:9
    72%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Deut 24:6
    72%

    6One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.

  • Ezek 18:12
    72%

    12oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,

  • Exod 23:6
    72%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Isa 47:3
    72%

    3Let your naked body be exposed! Your shame will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone,”

  • Job 6:27
    72%

    27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • Prov 22:22
    72%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Lev 18:16
    72%

    16You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

  • Amos 2:8
    72%

    8They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

  • Ezek 22:7
    71%

    7They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the resident foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you.

  • Job 31:19
    71%

    19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

  • Ezek 16:39
    71%

    39I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare.

  • Job 20:19
    71%

    19For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

  • Job 24:3
    71%

    3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

  • Hag 1:6
    71%

    6You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”

  • Ezek 16:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his.

    17You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them.

  • Hab 2:15
    71%

    15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.

  • Jer 22:17
    71%

    17But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

  • Ps 44:12
    71%

    12You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them.