Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'pledge' occurs 23 times in the standard works.

8 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'pledge' in the standard works and contain 34.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Deut. 24:10-13 (4 in 4 verses)

 24:10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

 24:11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

 24:12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

 24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.




Deut. 24:6 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 38:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 22 2 24
Gen. 3 0 3
Ex. 1 0 1
Deut. 7 0 7
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Kgs. 0 1 1
Job 3 0 3
Prov. 2 0 2
Isa. 0 1 1
Ezek. 4 0 4
Amos 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 1 2 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 23 4 27

Deut. 24:6
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Deut. 24:10
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

Deut. 24:11
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

Deut. 24:12
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

Deut. 24:13
In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the Lord thy God.

Deut. 24:17
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: