Deuteronomy 24:13
in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
Cross References
Exodus 22:25If thou lend money to my people, the poor with thee, thou shalt not be to him as a usurer: ye shall charge him no interest.
Deuteronomy 6:25And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy 24:15on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
Job 29:11When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalms 112:9He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.
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 →