Deuteronomy 24:13

Consideration For People In Need

¹² And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; ¹³ thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

Presence of the Lord

Jehovah

Deuteronomy 6:25

And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

Deuteronomy 24:15

in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

Psalm 112:9

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; His righteousness endureth for ever: His horn shall be exalted with honor.

Genesis 15:6

And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

Deuteronomy 15:9-10

Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Job 24:7-8

They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

Job 29:11-13

For when the ear heard me , then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me , it gave witness unto me:

Job 31:16-20

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

Psalm 106:30-31

Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed.

Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy healing shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of Jehovah shall by thy rearward.

Ezekiel 18:7

and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 18:12

hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:16

neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 33:15

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Amos 2:8

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

2 Corinthians 9:13-14

seeing that through the proving of you by this ministration they glorify God for the obedience of your confession unto the gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution unto them and unto all;

Ephesians 4:26

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

2 Timothy 1:16-18

The Lord grant mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus: for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;

James 1:27

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

James 2:13-23

For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.