Deuteronomy 24:13

New American Bible - revised edition

but shall definitely return it at sunset, so that your neighbor may sleep in the garment and bless you. That will be your justice before the Lord, your God.

Cross References

Genesis 15:6

Abram put his faith in the Lord, who attributed it to him as an act of righteousness.

Psalm 112:9

Lavishly he gives to the poor; his righteousness shall endure forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

Exodus 22:25

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you shall return it to him before sunset;

Isaiah 58:8

Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed; Your vindication shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Ezekiel 18:12

oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not give back a pledge, raises his eyes to idols, does abominable things,

Ezekiel 18:16

who does not oppress anyone, or exact a pledge, or commit robbery; who gives his food to the hungry and clothes the naked;

Ezekiel 18:7

if he oppresses no one, gives back the pledge received for a debt, commits no robbery; gives food to the hungry and clothes the naked;

Ezekiel 33:15

returning pledges, restoring stolen goods, walking by statutes that bring life, doing nothing wrong—they shall surely live; they shall not die.

Daniel 4:27

the king said, “Babylon the great! Was it not I, with my great strength, who built it as a royal residence for my splendor and majesty?”

Amos 2:8

Upon garments taken in pledge they recline beside any altar. Wine at treasury expense they drink in their temples.

Ephesians 4:26

Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun set on your anger,

Deuteronomy 24:12

If the person is poor, you shall not sleep in the pledged garment,

Deuteronomy 24:15

On each day you shall pay the servant’s wages before the sun goes down, since the servant is poor and is counting on them. Otherwise the servant will cry to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty. Individual Responsibility.

Deuteronomy 6:25

This is our justice before the Lord, our God: to observe carefully this whole commandment he has enjoined on us.”

James 1:27

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.