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 took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
Job 31:16
If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Deuteronomy 24:6
One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
1 Samuel 12:3
Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!"
General references
Deuteronomy 24:12
If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
Proverbs 1:13
We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.