Deuteronomy 24:6

New Living Translation

“It is wrong to take a set of millstones, or even just the upper millstone, as security for a loan, for the owner uses it to make a living.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

“And now, my lord, I cannot go back to my father without the boy. Our father’s life is bound up in the boy’s life.

Job 22:6

“For example, you must have lent money to your friend and demanded clothing as security. Yes, you stripped him to the bone.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left.

Luke 12:15

Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”

Deuteronomy 20:19

“When you are attacking a town and the war drags on, you must not cut down the trees with your axes. You may eat the fruit, but do not cut down the trees. Are the trees your enemies, that you should attack them?

Deuteronomy 24:5

“A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or be given any other official responsibilities. He must be free to spend one year at home, bringing happiness to the wife he has married.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If anyone kidnaps a fellow Israelite and treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. In this way, you will purge the evil from among you.

Revelation 18:22

The sound of harps, singers, flutes, and trumpets will never be heard in you again. No craftsmen and no trades will ever be found in you again. The sound of the mill will never be heard in you again.