Deuteronomy 24:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Suppose someone is so poor that a coat is the only thing that can be offered as a guarantee on a loan. Don't keep the coat overnight.

Cross References

Job 22:6

To guarantee payment of a debt, you have taken clothes from the poor.

Job 24:10

Then they are forced to work naked in the grain fields because they have no clothes, and they go hungry.

Job 24:3

They cheat orphans and widows by taking their donkeys and oxen.

Job 24:7

They sleep naked in the cold, because they have no cover,

Job 24:9

Children whose fathers have died are taken from their mothers as payment for a debt.

Deuteronomy 24:11

Wait outside, and they will bring out the item you have agreed on.

Deuteronomy 24:13

Instead, give it back before sunset, so the owner can keep warm and sleep and ask the LORD to bless you. Then the LORD your God will notice that you have done the right thing.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Make sure that orphans and foreigners are treated fairly. And if you lend money to a widow and want to keep something of hers to guarantee that she will pay you back, don't take any of her clothes.