Primary Verses:

1. Deuteronomy 24:6

   • "No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge."

2. 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:

1. 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."

2. James 2:6

   • "But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?"