Deuteronomy 24:13

The pledged garment must be returned by sundown so the poor man can sleep warmly, and his gratitude counts as righteousness before God. Mercy to the needy is reckoned as right standing with the Lord.

Cross-references · 22

• Dan 4:27Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be an extension of your prosperity.”
• Deut 6:25And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.”
• Exod 22:26–27If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
• Deut 24:15You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Ps 112:9He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.
• Job 31:16–20If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
• Amos 2:8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
• Eph 4:26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
• Ezek 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
• Isa 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
• Ezek 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Ezek 33:15if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
• Job 29:11–13For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
• Jas 1:27Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
• Jas 2:13–23For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Ps 106:30–31But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
• 2 Tim 1:16–18May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
• Gen 15:6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
• Deut 15:9–10Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Job 24:7–8Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
• Ezek 18:16He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• 2 Cor 9:13–14Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.

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