Deuteronomy 24:12
If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 24:17 : 17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
- Job 22:6 : 6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
- Job 24:3 : 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
- Job 24:9 : 9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Deut 24:13-153 verses90%
13 you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.
14 You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your foreigners who are in your land within your gates:
15 in his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.
- Deut 24:10-112 verses87%
10 When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.
- Exod 22:25-273 verses85%
25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
- Prov 22:26-272 verses80%
26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
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17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
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6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
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13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- Job 22:6-72 verses77%
6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 You haven't given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry.
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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
- Lev 25:35-373 verses75%
35 "'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
36 Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God; that your brother may live among you.
37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
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6 "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
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7 and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- Exod 22:14-152 verses74%
14 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
15 If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
- Deut 15:7-115 verses74%
7 If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
8 but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wants.
9 Beware that there not be a base 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 cry to Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
10 You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
11 For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
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13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. "'The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.
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17 He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.
- Exod 22:10-123 verses73%
10 "If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;
11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
12 But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.
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3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
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16 neither has wronged any, has not taken anything to pledge, neither has taken by robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;
- Deut 23:19-202 verses72%
19 You shall not lend on interest to your brother; interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest:
20 to a foreigner you may lend on interest; but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that Yahweh your God may bless you in all that you put your hand to, in the land where you go in to possess it.
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39 "'If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you; you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
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3 If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
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22 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
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7 "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.
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26 If a man has no one to redeem it, and he becomes prosperous and finds sufficient means to redeem it;
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9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
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27 The Levite who is within your gates, you shall not forsake him; for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.
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3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
- Deut 15:2-32 verses71%
2 This is the way of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Yahweh's release has been proclaimed.
3 Of a foreigner you may exact it: but whatever of your is with your brother your hand shall release.
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12 has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
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14 "'If you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another.
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28 But if he isn't able to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hand of him who has bought it until the Year of Jubilee: and in the Jubilee it shall be released, and he shall return to his property.