Deuteronomy 24:6

"Don't take a pair of millstones, especially the upper millstone, as collateral for a loan, because this means taking a man's livelihood.

Deuteronomy 20:19

"When you attack a city and have to fight against it for many days, don't destroy its trees by cutting them down with an ax. You may eat from them, but you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human beings, that you would come and attack them?

Genesis 44:30

"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,

Exodus 22:26-27

If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset,

Luke 12:15

Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

Revelation 18:22

The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Shall take

Exodus 22:26
If you take your neighbor's coat as collateral, you are to return it to him by sunset,
Revelation 18:22
The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters will never be heard within you again. No artisan of any trade will ever be found within you again. The sound of a millstone will never be heard within you again.

Life

Deuteronomy 20:19
"When you attack a city and have to fight against it for many days, don't destroy its trees by cutting them down with an ax. You may eat from them, but you must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human beings, that you would come and attack them?
Genesis 44:30
"So when I go back to your servant, my father, and the young man isn't with us, since he's constantly living life focused on his son,
Luke 12:15
Then he told them, "Be careful to guard yourselves against every kind of greed, because a person's life doesn't consist of the amount of possessions he has."

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