Deuteronomy 24:17
King James VersionSource notes
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:”
Context
14Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant poor and needy, of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that in thy land within thy gates:
15At his day thou shalt give his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
18But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.
19When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
20When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.