"Bewarethat there is nobasethoughtin your heart,saying,The seventhyear,the yearof remission,is near,'and your eyeis hostiletoward your poorbrother,and you givehim nothing;then he may cryto the LORDagainstyou, and it will be a sinin you.
So that they caused the cryof the poorto cometo Him, And that He might hearthe cryof the afflicted--
I will setnoworthlessthingbeforemy eyes;I hatethe workof thosewhofallaway;It shall not fastenits gripon me.
"Becauseof the devastationof the afflicted,becauseof the groaningof the needy,NowI will arise,"saysthe LORD;"I will sethim in the safetyfor which he longs."
For He who requiresbloodremembersthem; He does not forgetthe cryof the afflicted.
"You shall not afflictanywidowor orphan.
"Ifyou afflicthim at all,[and] ifhe does cryout to Me, I will surelyhearhis cry;
The LORDsaid,"I have surelyseenthe afflictionof My peoplewhoare in Egypt,and have givenheedto their crybecauseof their taskmasters,for I am awareof their sufferings.
He who despiseshis neighborsins,But happyis he who is graciousto the poor.
He who shutshis earto the cryof the poorWill alsocryhimselfand not be answered.
Do not eatthe breadof a selfishman,Or desirehis delicacies;
The devisingof follyis sin,And the scofferis an abominationto men.
A manwith an evileyehastensafter wealthAnd does not knowthat wantwill comeupon him.
Watchover your heartwith alldiligence,For from it [flow] the springsof life.
"I, the LORD,searchthe heart,I testthe mind,Even to giveto eachmanaccording to his ways,According to the resultsof his deeds.
"At the endof sevenyearseachof you shall setfreehis Hebrewbrotherwhohas been soldto you and has servedyou sixyears,you shall sendhim out freefrom you; but your forefathersdid not obeyMe or inclinetheir earto Me.
"For out of the heartcomeevilthoughts,murders,adulteries,fornications,thefts,false witness,slanders.
Is it not lawfulfor me to dowhatI wishwith whatis my own?Oris your eyeenviousbecauseI amgenerous?'
"At the endof [every] sevenyearsyou shall granta remission[of debts].
"You shall givehim his wageson his daybefore the sunsets,for he is poorand setshis hearton it; so that he will not cryagainstyou to the LORDand it becomesinin you.
Then Mosescommandedthem, saying,"At the endof [every] sevenyears,at the timeof the yearof remissionof debts, at the Feastof Booths,
Therefore,to one who knows[the] right thingto doand does not doit, to him it is sin.
Ordo you thinkthat the Scripturespeaksto no purpose:"He jealouslydesiresthe SpiritwhichHe has made to dwellin us"?
Behold,the payof the laborerswho mowedyour fields,[and] which has been withheldby you, criesout [against you]; and the outcryof thosewho did the harvestinghas reachedthe earsof the Lordof Sabaoth.
Do not complain,brethren,againstone another,sothat you yourselves may not be judged;behold,the Judgeis standingrightat the door.
Be hospitableto one anotherwithoutcomplaint.
