Deuteronomy 24:13
thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12'And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;
Cross References
Exodus 22:25'If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;
Deuteronomy 6:25and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy 24:15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he [is] poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee — sin.
Job 29:11For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth [to] me.
Job 31:16If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,
Psalms 112:9He hath scattered — hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.
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 →