Deuteronomy 24:13
Instead, you shall return it to him promptly, before the setting of the sun, so that, sleeping in his own garment, he may bless you, and you may have justice in the presence of the Lord your God.
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In Context
12But if he is poor, then the collateral shall not remain with you through the night.
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If you lend money to the poor of my people who live among you, you shall not coerce them like a collector, nor oppress them with usury.
Deuteronomy 6:25And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and perform all his precepts, in the sight of the Lord our God, just as he has commanded us.’”
Deuteronomy 24:15Instead, you shall pay him the price of his labor on the same day, before the setting of the sun. For he is poor, and with it he sustains his life. Otherwise, he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it would be charged to you as a sin.
Job 29:11The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.
Job 31:16If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;
Psalms 112:9He causes a barren woman to live in a house, as the joyful mother of sons.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 24:6-14
The Law of Divorce. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away… Read the whole commentary →