Deuteronomy 15:2

Good News Translation

This is how it is to be done. Each of you who has lent money to any Israelite is to cancel the debt; you must not try to collect the money; the Lord himself has declared the debt canceled.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

If foreigners bring grain or anything else to sell to us on the Sabbath or on any other holy day, we will not buy from them. Every seventh year we will not farm the land, and we will cancel all debts.

Isaiah 58:3

The people ask, “Why should we fast if the Lord never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?” The Lord says to them, “The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.

Matthew 6:12

Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us.

Luke 7:42

Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seventh year you are to cancel the debts of those who owe you money.

Deuteronomy 15:3

You may collect what a foreigner owes you, but you must not collect what any of your own people owe you.

Deuteronomy 31:10

He commanded them, “At the end of every seven years, when the year that debts are canceled comes around, read this aloud at the Festival of Shelters.

James 2:13

For God will not show mercy when he judges the person who has not been merciful; but mercy triumphs over judgment.