Job 22:6 Themes and Topics

And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you." Verse Concepts

And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together." Verse Concepts

But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face." Verse Concepts

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse Concepts

When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans." Verse Concepts

"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Verse Concepts

But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer. Verse Concepts

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. Verse Concepts

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. Verse Concepts

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse Concepts

If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, Verse Concepts

"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. Verse Concepts

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Verse Concepts

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Verse Concepts

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse Concepts

If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, Verse Concepts

"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. Verse Concepts

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Verse Concepts

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Verse Concepts

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse Concepts

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. Verse Concepts

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." Verse Concepts

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.) Verse Concepts

Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.

As you go with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny."

Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. For there were those who said, "With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive." There were also those who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine." read more.
And there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. Now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards." I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say. So I said, "The thing that you are doing is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts of the nations our enemies? Moreover, I and my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us abandon this exacting of interest. Return to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive orchards, and their houses, and the percentage of money, grain, wine, and oil that you have been exacting from them." Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised. I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied."And all the assembly said "Amen" and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

He will give back the fruit of his toil and will not swallow it down; from the profit of his trading he will get no enjoyment. For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build. "Because he knew no contentment in his belly, he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.' So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.' He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt. read more.
When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place. Then his master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?' And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers,until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing and stripped the naked of their clothing. Verse Concepts

Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. Verse Concepts

"No one shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for that would be taking a life in pledge. Verse Concepts

they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. Verse Concepts

(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.) Verse Concepts

"If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and you shall not exact interest from him. If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not go into his house to collect his pledge. You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. read more.
You shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And it shall be righteousness for you before the LORD your God.

Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure. Verse Concepts

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