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

¹⁴ “You shall not ^(D)oppress 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. ^15 (E)You shall give him his wages on the same day, before the sun sets (for he is poor and counts on it), ^(F)lest he cry against you to the Lord, and you be guilty of sin.

^16 (G)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

^17 (H)“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, ^(I)or take a widow's garment in pledge,

^26 (A)If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you 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 ^(B)cries to me, I will hear, for I am ^(C)compassionate.

^21 (A)You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and ^(B)the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and ^(C)the table of demons.

^7 (A)Do not be idolaters ^(B)as some of them were; as it is written, ^(C)“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”

¹⁰ For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating^[a] in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged,^[b] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?