Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
To pledge
General references
Bible References
To pledge
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.
Job 22:6
“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
Job 24:3
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Proverbs 20:16
[The judge tells the creditor], “Take the clothes of one who is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge [when he guarantees a loan] for foreigners.”
[The judge tells the creditor], “Take the clothes of one who is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge [when he guarantees a loan] for foreigners.”
Proverbs 22:27
If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?
If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?
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 33:15
if a wicked man returns [what he took as] a pledge, pays back what he had taken by robbery, walks in the statutes which ensure life, without committing injustice, he will certainly live; he will not die.
Amos 2:8
“They stretch out beside every [pagan] altar on clothes taken in pledge [to secure a loan, disregarding God’s command],
And in the house of their God [in contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine [which has been] taken from those who have been fined.
“They stretch out beside every [pagan] altar on clothes taken in pledge [to secure a loan, disregarding God’s command],
And in the house of their God [in contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine [which has been] taken from those who have been fined.
General references
Proverbs 22:27
If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?
If you have nothing with which to pay [another’s debt when he defaults],
Why should his creditor take your bed from under you?
Proverbs 27:13
[The judge tells the creditor,] “Take the garment of one who is surety (guarantees a loan) for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge when he is surety for an immoral woman [for it is unlikely the debt will be repaid].”
[The judge tells the creditor,] “Take the garment of one who is surety (guarantees a loan) for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge when he is surety for an immoral woman [for it is unlikely the debt will be repaid].”