Deuteronomy 15:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Be careful not to entertain the mean thought, “The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,” so that you would begrudge your kin who is in need and give nothing, and your kin would cry to the Lord against you and you would be held guilty.

Cross References

Job 34:28

And made the cry of the poor reach him, so that he heard the cry of the afflicted.

Psalm 101:3

I do not allow into my presence anything base. I hate wrongdoing; I will have no part of it.

Psalm 12:5

Those who say, “By our tongues we prevail; when our lips speak, who can lord it over us?”

Psalm 9:12

Sing hymns to the Lord enthroned on Zion; proclaim his deeds among the nations!

Exodus 22:22

If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely listen to their cry.

Exodus 22:23

My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans.

Exodus 3:7

But the Lord said: I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry against their taskmasters, so I know well what they are suffering.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises the hungry comes up short, but happy the one who is kind to the poor!

Proverbs 21:13

Those who shut their ears to the cry of the poor will themselves call out and not be answered.

Proverbs 23:6

Do not take food with unwilling hosts, and do not desire their delicacies;

Proverbs 24:9

The scheme of a fool gains no acceptance, the scoffer is an abomination to the community.

Proverbs 28:22

Misers hurry toward wealth, not knowing that want is coming toward them.

Proverbs 4:23

With all vigilance guard your heart, for in it are the sources of life.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, explore the mind and test the heart, Giving to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 34:14

Every seventh year each of you must set free all Hebrews who have sold themselves to you; six years they shall serve you, but then you shall let them go free. Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or obey me.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy.

Matthew 20:15

[Or] am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’

Deuteronomy 15:1

At the end of every seven-year period you shall have a remission of debts,

Deuteronomy 24:15

On each day you shall pay the servant’s wages before the sun goes down, since the servant is poor and is counting on them. Otherwise the servant will cry to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty. Individual Responsibility.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Moses commanded them, saying, On the feast of Booths, at the prescribed time in the year for remission which comes at the end of every seven-year period,

James 4:17

So for one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, it is a sin.

James 4:5

Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, “The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy”?

James 5:4

Behold, the wages you withheld from the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

James 5:9

Do not complain, brothers, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates.

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without complaining.