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“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the
fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge.” “When thou dost
lend thy brother anything, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch
his pledge. Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost
lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. And if the man be
poor, thou
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the
law and the prophets.”
Matthew 7:12
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shalt not sleep with his pledge.” “If thou at all take thy neighbor’s
raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth
down: for that is his covering only: ... wherein shall he sleep? and it
shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am
gracious.” “If thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buyest aught of
thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another”
Deuteronomy
24:17, 10-12
;
Exodus 22:26, 27
;
Leviticus 25:14
.
“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of
length, of weight, or of quantity.” “Thou shalt not have in thy bag
diverse weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt not have in thy
house diverse measures, a great and a small.” “Just balances, just
weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have.”
Leviticus 19:35
,
A.R.V.;
Deuteronomy 25:13, 14
, A.R.V.;
Leviticus 19:36
, A.R.V.
“Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow
of thee turn not thou away.” “The wicked borroweth, and payeth not
again: but the righteous showeth mercy, and giveth.”
Matthew 5:42
;
Psalm 37:21
.
“Give counsel, execute justice; make thy shade as the night in
the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not the fugitive.”
“Let Mine outcasts dwell with thee; ... be thou a covert to them from
the face of the spoiler.”
Isaiah 16:3
(A.R.V.),
4
.
The plan of life that God gave to Israel was intended as an object
lesson for all mankind. If these principles were carried out today,
what a different place this world would be!
Within the vast boundaries of nature there is still room for the
suffering and needy to find a home. Within her bosom there are
resources sufficient to provide them with food. Hidden in the depths