Job 24:3
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a 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.
Deuteronomy 24:10-13
“When you lend your neighbor anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge (security deposit).
Deuteronomy 24:17-21
“You shall not pervert the justice due a stranger or an orphan, nor seize (impound) a widow’s garment as security [for a loan].
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and [Saul] His anointed [if I have done someone wrong]. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes [to the truth]? [Tell me and] I will restore it to you.”
Job 22:6-9
“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
Job 31:16-17
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
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“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
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We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;