Deuteronomy 15:9

Bible in Basic English 1965

And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:15

Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

Matthew 20:15

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

James 5:9

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

Jeremiah 17:10

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

Exodus 22:23

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

James 5:4

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Proverbs 28:22

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Job 34:28

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

Exodus 3:7

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

1 Peter 4:9

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

James 4:17

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:5

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Proverbs 24:9

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

Proverbs 21:13

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

Proverbs 4:23

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Psalm 9:12

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Deuteronomy 15:1

At the end of every seven years there is to be a general forgiveness of debt.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the crushing of the poor and the weeping of those in need, now will I come to his help, says the Lord; I will give him the salvation which he is desiring.

Psalm 101:3

I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

Exodus 22:22

Do no wrong to a widow, or to a child whose father is dead.

Deuteronomy 31:10

And Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,

Proverbs 14:21

He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.

Jeremiah 34:14

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.