Deuteronomy 15:7

American King James Version (1999)

If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother:

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1

And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.

Esther 9:19

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

Esther 9:22

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Exodus 22:25

If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury.

Proverbs 19:17

He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Isaiah 58:10

And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day:

Leviticus 25:35

And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.

Matthew 18:30

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

Matthew 5:42

Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not you away.

Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.

Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

Deuteronomy 24:14

You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates: