Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In Context
11You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
Cross References
Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
Job 24:10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
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 →