Deuteronomy 24:6

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

“No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge; for he would be taking a life in pledge.

Cross References

Genesis 44:30

Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the lad's life,

Job 22:6

For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Matthew 24:41

Two women will be grinding at the mill; one is taken and one is left.

Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Deuteronomy 20:19

“When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field men that they should be besieged by you?

Deuteronomy 24:5

“When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year, to be happy with his wife whom he has taken.

Deuteronomy 24:7

“If a man is found stealing one of his brethren, the people of Israel, and if he treats him as a slave or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from the midst of you.

Revelation 18:22

and the sound of harpers and minstrels, of flute players and trumpeters, shall be heard in thee no more; and a craftsman of any craft shall be found in thee no more; and the sound of the millstone shall be heard in thee no more;