Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one's livelihood as security. Cross References Matthew 24:41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. Exodus 22:26 If you take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, Deuteronomy 24:5 If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married. Deuteronomy 24:7 If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you. Job 22:6 For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing. Treasury of Scripture No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man's life to pledge. Exodus 22:26,27 Revelation 18:22 life Deuteronomy 20:19 Genesis 44:30 Luke 12:15 |