Business:
You shall not demand as collateral a man's livelihood.
Primary Verses:
Deuteronomy 24:6
"No
man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to
pledge: for he taketh a man's life to
pledge."
Deuteronomy 24:17
"Thou shalt not pervert the
judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless;
nor take a widow's
raiment to pledge:"
Supporting Verses:
Job 24:1-4
"Why, seeing times are not
hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see
his days? Some remove the landmarks; they violently
take away flocks, and feed thereof. They drive away the
ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the
earth hide themselves together."
James 2:6
"But ye have despised the poor.
Do not rich men
oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?"
