Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
General references
Bible References
Drive
Job 22:6 “For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
Andstripped men naked.
And
Job 31:16 “If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes ofthe widow to fail,
Or have caused the eyes of
Deuteronomy 24:6
“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am; bear witness against me before the Lord and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you.”
General references
Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
Proverbs 1:13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
We will fill our houses with spoil;