25 ^f“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be like a moneylender to him, and ^gyou shall not exact interest from him. 26 If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, ^hyou shall return it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Kindness for Poor Brothers

35 ^p“If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. 36 ^qTake no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. 37 You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit. 38 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God.

12 And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge. 13 ^jYou shall restore to him the pledge as the sun sets, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you. And ^kit shall be righteousness for you before the Lord your God.

14 “You shall not ^loppress a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of the sojourners who are in your land within your towns.