Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.


“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.


“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge.

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.


"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. "If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious.

"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. "You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. "If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. read more.
"When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it,
But he who hates being a guarantor is secure.

There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine." Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards.