Bible Verses About Pledges
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for pledges, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 500 votes, led by James 5:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Pledges
James 5:1258 votes
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Luke 6:3851 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 5:33-3735 votes
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
Proverbs 17:1832 votes
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Exodus 22:2622 votes
If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Numbers 30:220 votes
If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Colossians 2:819 votes
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Matthew 10:3318 votes
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Ezekiel 18:1617 votes
Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
Acts 5:1-4216 votes
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
Job 22:615 votes
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Ezekiel 18:1215 votes
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Job 24:314 votes
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:613 votes
No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:1013 votes
When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
Deuteronomy 24:1713 votes
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
1 Corinthians 6:1913 votes
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Proverbs 22:2612 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 20:1611 votes
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Ezekiel 18:711 votes
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel 33:1511 votes
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
2 Corinthians 9:711 votes
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Genesis 38:2010 votes
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
1 Samuel 17:1810 votes
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
Job 24:910 votes
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
What does the Bible say about pledges?
Readers most often cite James 5:12 on the subject of pledges. Across 500 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 6:38, Matthew 5:33-37, Proverbs 17:18. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.