Deuteronomy 24:13

Consideration For People In Need

¹² And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge; ¹³ in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:

Presence of the Lord

Jehovah

Deuteronomy 6:25

And it shall be our righteousness if we take heed to do all these commandments before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Daniel 4:27

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

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;

Deuteronomy 24:15

on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.

Psalm 112:9

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Genesis 15:6

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

Deuteronomy 15:9-10

Beware that there be not a wicked 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 givest him nought; and he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.

Job 24:7-8

They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

Job 29:11-13

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

Job 31:16-20

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

Psalm 106:30-31

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

Isaiah 58:8

Then shall thy light break forth as the dawn, and thy health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee, the glory of Jehovah shall be thy rearguard.

Ezekiel 18:7

and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 18:12

hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,

Ezekiel 18:16

and hath not oppressed any, nor withholden the pledge, neither hath exercised robbery; he hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;

Ezekiel 33:15

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, doing nothing that is wrong; he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

Amos 2:8

And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

2 Corinthians 9:13-14

they glorifying God through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,

2 Timothy 1:16-18

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

James 1:27

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

James 2:13-23

for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.