27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:27
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Sirach 18:32–33
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Deuteronomy 24:11–13
11 You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. 12 If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; 13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and b…
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Isaiah 28:19–21
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Ecclesiastes 5:4–6
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Psalms of Solomon 16:13–15
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Deuteronomy 24:5–7
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Proverbs 17:15–17
15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD. 16 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? 17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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