Exodus 22:26
If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
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Deuteronomy 24:10When thou do lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Job 22:6For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:9There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Psalms 10:14Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.
Ezekiel 18:7and has not wronged any man, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to a hungry man, and has covered a naked man with a garment,
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:26-31
25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. 29 Thou… Read the whole commentary →