Exodus 22:26
If thou shalt at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it to him by the setting of the sun.
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Deuteronomy 24:10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge:
Job 22:6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for naught, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 24:9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself to thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Ezekiel 18:7And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath stripped none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked 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 →