Deuteronomy 24:6

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone [used to grind grain into bread] as security [for a debt], for he would be taking a [person’s] life in pledge.

Deuteronomy 20:19

“When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its [fruit-bearing] trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged (destroyed) by you?

Genesis 44:30

Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the young man is not with us, since his life is bound up in the young man’s life,

Exodus 22:26-27

If you ever take your [poor] neighbor’s robe in pledge, you must return it to him before sunset,

Luke 12:15

Then He said to them, “Watch out and guard yourselves against every form of greed; for not even when one has an overflowing abundance does his life consist of nor is it derived from his possessions.”

Revelation 18:22

And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Deuteronomy 24:6

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Shall take

Exodus 22:26

Revelation 18:22

Life

Deuteronomy 20:19

Genesis 44:30

Luke 12:15

Bible References

Shall take

If you ever take your [poor] neighbor’s robe in pledge, you must return it to him before sunset,

Life

Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the young man is not with us, since his life is bound up in the young man’s life,