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,
And stripped men naked.
“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.
Job 31:16
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],
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.
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.”
General references
Deuteronomy 24:12
If the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight.
Proverbs 1:13
We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;
We will find and take all kinds of precious possessions,
We will fill our houses with spoil;