Job 24:9

Job 24:9
There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

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Leviticus 25:39
“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.

Matthew 18:25
But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

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Deuteronomy 24:6
No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone as a pledge, for he takes a life in pledge.

Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Job 24:5
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

Ezekiel 18:12
has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,

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Deuteronomy 24:14
You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the foreigners who are in your land within your gates.

Deuteronomy 24:15
In his day you shall give him his wages, neither shall the sun go down on it, for he is poor and sets his heart on it, lest he cry against you to Yahweh, and it be sin to you.

Deuteronomy 24:16
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers. Every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Psalms 94:6
They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Proverbs 23:11
for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you.

Jeremiah 22:3
Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

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Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

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