Exodus 22:26

New International Reader's Version

Suppose your neighbor owes you money and gives you a coat as a promise to pay it back. Then return it by sunset.

Cross References

Job 22:6

You took clothes away from your relatives just because they owed you some money. You left them naked for no reason at all.

Job 24:3

They take away the donkeys that belong to children whose fathers have died. They take a widow’s ox until she has paid what she owes.

Job 24:7

The poor don’t have any clothes. So they spend the night naked. They don’t have anything to cover themselves in the cold.

Job 24:9

Children whose fathers have died are torn away from their mothers. A poor person’s baby is taken away to pay back what is owed.

Job 34:28

They caused poor people to cry out to him. He heard the cries of those who were in need.

Psalm 10:14

God, you see the problems of people in trouble. You take note of their pain. You do something about it. So those who are attacked place themselves in your care. You help children whose fathers have died.

Psalm 34:7

The angel of the Lord stands guard around those who have respect for him. And he saves them.

Proverbs 20:16

Take the coat of one who puts up money for what a stranger owes. Hold it until you get paid back if it is done for an outsider.

Proverbs 22:27

If you don’t have the money to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Ezekiel 18:16

He does not treat anyone badly. He does not make people give him something to prove they will pay back what they owe him. He does not steal. Instead, he gives his food to hungry people. He provides clothes for those who are naked.

Ezekiel 18:7

He does not treat anyone badly. Instead, he always returns things he takes to make sure loans are paid back. He does not steal. Instead, he gives his food to hungry people. He provides clothes for those who are naked.

Ezekiel 33:15

They return things they take to make sure loans are repaid. They give back what they have stolen. They obey my rules that give life. They do not do what is evil. Then you can be sure they will live. They will not die.

Amos 2:8

They lie down beside every altar on clothes they have taken. They lie on those clothes until the owner pays back what is owed. In the house of their God they drink wine that was paid as fines.

Deuteronomy 24:17

Do what is right and fair for outsiders and for children whose fathers have died. Suppose a widow borrows something from you. And she offers to give you her coat until she pays you back. Don’t take it.

Deuteronomy 24:6

Someone might borrow money from you and give you two millstones to keep until you are paid back. Don’t keep them. Don’t even keep the upper one. That person needs both millstones to make a living.