Deuteronomy 24:12
And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
In Context
11You shall stand abroad, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto you.
Cross References
Job 22:6For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the 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 →