Exodus 22:26
If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down:
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Deuteronomy 24:10If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
Job 22:6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
Job 24:9The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
Proverbs 20:16Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
Ezekiel 18:7And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
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 →