Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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Bible References
Drive
Job 22:6
Thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing;
Job 31:16
"When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain?
Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge, for then he taketh a man's life to pledge.
1 Samuel 12:3
Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again."
General references
Deuteronomy 24:12
Furthermore, if it be a poor body, go not to sleep with his pledge:
Proverbs 1:13
So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils.