Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that {they have} no covering in the cold.
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If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. {the naked...: Heb. the clothes of the naked}
Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
{Thus} I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
They cause {him} to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf {from} the hungry;
{Is it} not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? {cast...: or, afflicted}
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household {are} clothed with scarlet. {scarlet: or, double garments}
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of {such as were} oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors {there was} power; but they had no comforter. {side: Heb. hand}
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.
{As} he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, {and as} vinegar upon nitre, so {is} he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.