Job 24:21

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

For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

People curse someone who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

If you take your neighbor’s garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

to deprive the needy from justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken,” says Yahweh.

In you have they treated father and mother with contempt. Among you they have oppressed the foreigner. In you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow.

“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

“ ‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

You shall rejoice before Yahweh your God: you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite who is within your gates, the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, in the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.

You shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you. It shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

You shall answer and say before Yahweh your God, “My father was a Syrian ready to perish. He went down into Egypt, and lived there, few in number. There he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”

Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.

Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.

Behold, the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.

and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was,

Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”

The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem.

“To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach,

You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

Break the arm of the wicked. As for the evil man, seek out his wickedness until you find none.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but Yahweh upholds the righteous.

Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations on earth.

They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Your princes are rebellious and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes and follows after rewards. They don’t defend the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

Behold, my servants will sing for joy of heart, but you will cry for sorrow of heart, and will wail for anguish of spirit.

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.

and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong arm, and that which was broken. I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand.

if the wicked restore the pledge, give again that which he had taken by robbery, walk in the statutes of life, committing no iniquity; he will surely live. He will not die.

“ ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people,” says the Lord Yahweh.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, one who was dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. Many people of the city were with her.

But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’

Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

He gave her his hand, and raised her up. Calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.

Honor widows who are widows indeed.

If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.

Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach.”