Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In Context
11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge outside to you.
Cross References
Job 22:6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:7They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:10so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
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 →