Deuteronomy 15:9

God's Word

When the seventh year—the year when payments on debts are canceled—is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to the Lord about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 24:15

Pay them each day before sunset because they are poor and need their pay. Otherwise, they will complain to the Lord about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.

Matthew 20:15

Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’

James 5:9

Brothers and sisters, stop complaining about each other, or you will be condemned. Realize that the judge is standing at the door.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, search minds and test hearts. I will reward each person for what he has done. I will reward him for the results of his actions.

Exodus 22:23

If you do and they cry out to me, you can be sure that I will hear their cry.

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

Matthew 15:19

Evil thoughts, murder, adultery, ⌞other⌟ sexual sins, stealing, lying, and cursing come from within.

Proverbs 28:22

A stingy person is in a hurry to get rich, not realizing that poverty is about to overtake him.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the food of one who is stingy, and do not crave his delicacies.

Job 34:28

They forced the poor to cry out to him, and he hears the cry of those who suffer.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have seen the misery of my people in Egypt, and I have heard them crying out because of the slave drivers. I know how much they’re suffering.

1 Peter 4:9

Welcome each other as guests without complaining.

James 4:17

Whoever knows what is right but doesn’t do it is sinning.

James 4:5

Do you think this passage means nothing? It says, “The Spirit that lives in us wants us to be his own.”

Proverbs 24:9

Foolish scheming is sinful, and a mocker is disgusting to everyone.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will call and not be answered.

Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart more than anything else, because the source of your life flows from it.

Psalm 9:12

The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries.

Deuteronomy 15:1

At the end of every seven years, you must cancel debts.

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 101:3

I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.

Exodus 22:22

“Never take advantage of any widow or orphan.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses commanded them, “At the end of every seventh year you must cancel debts. At that time, during the Festival of Booths,

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is the one who is kind to humble people.

Jeremiah 34:14

‘Every seven years each of you must free any Hebrews who sold themselves to you. When they have served you for six years, you must set them free.’ But your ancestors refused to obey me or listen to me.