Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge,
Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve, and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he comes in by himself, he shall go out by himself. If he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her sons shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. read more.
But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my sons, I will not go out free, then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my sons, I will not go out free, then his master shall bring him to God, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post, and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.
If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest. If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
And if thou sell anything to thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong each other. According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shall buy of thy neighbor, [and] according to the number of years of the crops he shall sell to thee. According to the multitude of the years thou shall increase the price of it, and according to the fewness of the years thou shall diminish the price of it, for the number of the crops he sells to thee. read more.
And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
And ye shall not wrong each other, but thou shall fear thy God, for I am LORD your God.
And if thy brother becomes poor, and his hand fails with thee, then thou shall uphold him; he shall live with thee [as] a stranger and a sojourner. Take thou no interest from him or increase, but fear thy God, that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shall not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy food for profit.
And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor. He shall not exact it from his neighbor and his brother, because LORD's release has been proclaimed. From a foreigner thou may exact it, but whatever of thine is with thy brother, thy hand shall release.
Thou shall not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent upon interest. To a foreigner thou may lend upon interest, but to thy brother thou shall not lend upon interest, that LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou put thy hand to, in the land where thou go in to possess it.
When thou do lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shall stand outside, and the man to whom thou lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to thee. And if he is a poor man, thou shall not sleep with his pledge. read more.
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Debt » Security for
For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge, for he takes life to pledge.
And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge. And in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
If thou lend money to any of my people with thee who is poor, thou shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall ye lay upon him interest. If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering. It is his garment for his skin. How shall he sleep? And it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
When thou do lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. Thou shall stand outside, and the man to whom thou lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to thee. And if he is a poor man, thou shall not sleep with his pledge. read more.
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
He who is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
There were some also who said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain because of the dearth. There were also who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.
Garments » Mentioned in scripture » Hyke or upper garment
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
And the great multitide spread their garments on the road, and others cut down branches from the trees, and spread them on the road.
Garments » Of the poor » Not to be retained in pledge
And if he is a poor man, thou shall not sleep with his pledge. Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
Garments » Of the poor » Used as a covering by night
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
The sun » The jews » Commenced their evening with the setting of
Thou shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee. And it shall be righteousness to thee before LORD thy God.
And having become evening when the sun set they brought to him all who were faring badly, and those who were demon-possessed.
And he touched upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set. And he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.