Deuteronomy 24:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

If he is a poor man, then he might give the clothes that keep him warm. You must not keep that security overnight.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:17

“You must make sure that foreigners and orphans are treated fairly. And you must never take clothes from a widow as security.

Job 24:9

They take a nursing baby from its mother. They take a poor person’s child to guarantee a loan.

Job 24:3

They steal a donkey that belongs to an orphan. They take a widow’s cow until she pays what she owes them.

Job 22:6

Maybe to guarantee loans you took things from people for no reason. Maybe you took a poor man’s clothes to make sure he paid you back.

Deuteronomy 24:11

You must stand outside. Then the person who you gave the loan to will bring out the security to you.

Deuteronomy 24:13

You must give his security back to him every evening. Then he will have clothes to sleep in. He will bless you, and the Lord your God will accept this as living right and doing good.

Job 24:7

They must sleep all night without clothes. They have no covers to protect them from the cold.

Job 24:10

They have no clothes, so they work naked. They carry piles of grain for others, but they go hungry.