Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
World English Bible
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 →