13 »Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down. He will have his pledged item and he may sleep. He will bless you. And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God.
Deuteronomy 24:13 Cross References - NSB
Genesis 15:6
6 He believed in Jehovah. Jehovah considered Abram’s faith as his righteousness.
Exodus 22:26-27
Deuteronomy 6:25
25 »‘If we are careful to do these commandments before Jehovah our God, just as he ordered us, it will mean righteousness for us.’«
Deuteronomy 15:9-10
9 »When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.
10 »Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.
Deuteronomy 24:15
15 »Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.
Job 24:7-8
Job 29:11-13
Job 31:16-20
16 »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,
18 for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow.
19 »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,
20 whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Psalms 106:30-31
Psalms 112:9
9 He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.
Isaiah 58:8
8 »Your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will speedily spring forth. Your righteousness will go before you and the glory of Jehovah will be your rear guard.
Ezekiel 18:7
7 ‘»if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
Ezekiel 18:12
12 ‘»He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.
Ezekiel 18:16
16 ‘»He does not oppress anyone. He does not keep the security for a loan. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked.
Ezekiel 33:15
15 and if he returns the security he took for a loan or gives back what he stole, if he stops sinning and follows the laws that give life, he will not die, but he will live.
Daniel 4:27
27 »Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.«
Amos 2:8
8 »They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.
2 Corinthians 9:13-14
Ephesians 4:26
26 Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).
2 Timothy 1:16-18
16 The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.
17 When he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me.
18 May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of God in that day, and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.
James 1:27
27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.
James 2:13-23
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but he does not have works? Can that faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you says to them: »Go in peace, be warmed and filled;« and yet you do not give them food and clothing, what good is it?
17 Even so, faith without works is dead. It is alone and by itself!
18 A man will say: »You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.«
19 You believe that there is one God. You do well: the demons also believe, and shudder.
20 Are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless (barren) (lifeless)?
21 Was Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that faith acted with his works, and works made faith perfect (complete).
23 The scripture was fulfilled which says: »Abraham believed Jehovah and it was reckoned (imputed) (considered) (credited) to him for righteousness.« He was called »Jehovah’s friend« (Genesis 15:6) ( Isaiah 41:8).