Deuteronomy 24:13

Consideration For People In Need

¹² If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. ¹³ When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns.

Presence of the Lord

Jehovah

Deuteronomy 6:25

It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the Lord our God, just as He commanded us.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’

Exodus 22:26-27

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

Deuteronomy 24:15

You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the Lord and it become sin in you.

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

Genesis 15:6

Then he believed in the Lord; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness.

Deuteronomy 15:9-10

Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

Job 24:7-8

“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.

Job 29:11-13

“For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

Job 31:16-20

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Psalm 106:30-31

Then Phinehas stood up and interposed,
And so the plague was stayed.

Isaiah 58:8

“Then your light will break out like the dawn,
And your recovery will speedily spring forth;
And your righteousness will go before you;
The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.

Ezekiel 18:7

if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,

Ezekiel 18:16

or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,

Ezekiel 33:15

if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

Amos 2:8

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

2 Corinthians 9:13-14

Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

2 Timothy 1:16-18

The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains;

James 1:27

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

James 2:13-23

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.