Pledges

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

• Idolatry

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

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.

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

• Seal

And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

• FOOTSTOOL
• Stool
• Throne

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: But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. read more But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. show less

• Deceit

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.

But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.