Deuteronomy 15:7-11
1599 Geneva Bible
7 ¶ If one of thy brethren with thee be poor [a]within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
8 (A)But thou shalt open thine hand unto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his need which he hath.
9 Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand: therefore [b]it grieveth thee to look on thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought, and he cry unto the Lord against thee, so that sin be in thee:
10 Thou shalt give him, and [c]let it not grieve thine heart to give unto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.
11 [d]Because there shall be ever some poor in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt [e]open thine hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor in thy land.
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- Deuteronomy 15:7 Or, any of thy cities.
- Deuteronomy 15:9 Hebrew, thine eye is evil.
- Deuteronomy 15:10 Hebrew, let not thine heart be evil.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 To try your charity, Matt. 26:11.
- Deuteronomy 15:11 Thou shalt be liberal.
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