Deuteronomy 15:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ “When there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, within any of the gates in your land which יהוה  your Elohim is giving you, do not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ If there is among you a poor man, one of your kinsmen in any of the towns of your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your [minds and] hearts or close your hands to your poor brother;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;

Common English Bible

⁷ Now if there are some poor persons among you, say one of your fellow Israelites in one of your cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don’t be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward your poor fellow Israelites.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand.

Deuteronomy 15:7 Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their brothers, the Yehuḏ

Esther 9:19

Therefore the Yehuḏ

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Yehuḏ

Exodus 22:25

“If you do lend silver to any of My people, the poor among you, you are not to be like one that lends on interest to him. Do not lay interest on him.

Proverbs 19:17

He who shows favour to the poor lends to יהוה, And He repays his deed.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, Let him also cry and not be heard.

Isaiah 58:10

if you extend your being to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted being, then your light shall dawn in the darkness, and your darkness be as noon.

Leviticus 25:35

‘And when your brother becomes poor, and his hand has failed with you, then you shall sustain him, and he shall live with you, like a stranger or a sojourner.

Matthew 18:30

“But he would not, and went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt.

Matthew 5:42

“Give to him who asks of you, and from him who wishes to borrow from you, do not turn away.

Deuteronomy 15:11

“Because the poor one does not cease from the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You shall certainly open your hand to your brother, to your poor and to your needy one, in your land.’

Deuteronomy 15:9

“Be on guard lest there be a thought of Beliyaʽ

Deuteronomy 24:14

“Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your brothers or of the strangers who is in your land within your gates.