Deuteronomy 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. A man may divorce his wife with a written certificate, but cannot remarry her if she remarries and is divorced again. A newly married man is exempt from military service for one year. Various social protection laws follow: prohibitions on …
Other Translations
Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to the sojourner, or to the fatherless, nor take the widow’s raiment to pledge;
`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:
Cross References
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding …
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord …
Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the …
Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: …
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the …
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they …
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not …
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence …
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.