Job 24:7
New Living Translation
7 All night they lie naked in the cold,
without clothing or covering.
Exodus 22:26-27
New Living Translation
26 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as security for a loan, you must return it before sunset. 27 This coat may be the only blanket your neighbor has. How can a person sleep without it? If you do not return it and your neighbor cries out to me for help, then I will hear, for I am merciful.
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Job 22:6
New Living Translation
6 “For example, you must have lent money to your friend
and demanded clothing as security.
Yes, you stripped him to the bone.
Deuteronomy 24:11-13
New Living Translation
11 You must wait outside while he goes in and brings it out to you. 12 If your neighbor is poor and gives you his cloak as security for a loan, do not keep the cloak overnight. 13 Return the cloak to its owner by sunset so he can stay warm through the night and bless you, and the Lord your God will count you as righteous.
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Acts 9:31
New Living Translation
31 The church then had peace throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, and it became stronger as the believers lived in the fear of the Lord. And with the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it also grew in numbers.
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Isaiah 58:7
New Living Translation
7 Share your food with the hungry,
and give shelter to the homeless.
Give clothes to those who need them,
and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
Proverbs 31:21
New Living Translation
21 She has no fear of winter for her household,
for everyone has warm[a] clothes.
Footnotes
- 31:21 As in Greek and Latin versions; Hebrew reads scarlet.
Job 31:19-20
New Living Translation
19 Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes
and the needy with nothing to wear,
20 did they not praise me
for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?
Job 24:10
New Living Translation
10 The poor must go about naked, without any clothing.
They harvest food for others while they themselves are starving.
Genesis 31:40
New Living Translation
40 “I worked for you through the scorching heat of the day and through cold and sleepless nights.
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