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
"After all, you've taken collateral from your relatives for no reason; you stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job 31:16
"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
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.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Testify against me in the LORD's presence and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken? Who have I cheated? Who have I oppressed? Who bribed me to look the other way? I'll restore it to you."

General references

Deuteronomy 24:12
If he is a poor man, don't go to sleep with his collateral in your possession.
Proverbs 1:13
We'll find all kinds of valuable wealth, and we'll fill our houses with spoil.

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