17 Make sure foreigners and orphans get their just rights. Don't take the cloak of a widow as security for a loan.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:17

Commentary on Deuteronomy 24:14-22

(Read Deuteronomy 24:14-22)

It is not hard to prove that purity, piety, justice, mercy, fair conduct, kindness to the poor and destitute, consideration for them, and generosity of spirit, are pleasing to God, and becoming in his redeemed people. The difficulty is to attend to them in our daily walk and conversation.