Exodus 22:26
(22:25) If thou take at all thy neighbor's raiment in pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by the time the sun goeth down;
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Deuteronomy 24:10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing as a loan, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge.
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brothers for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:9The others pluck from the breast the fatherless, and the garment of the poor they take in pledge.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou [ever] been a helper.
Proverbs 20:16Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.
Ezekiel 18:7And he over-reacheth no man, he restoreth his pledge for a debt, a robbery he doth not commit, his bread he giveth to the hungry, and the naked he covereth 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 →