Deuteronomy 15:2

New International Version

This is how it is to be done: Every creditor shall cancel any loan they have made to a fellow Israelite. They shall not require payment from anyone among their own people, because the Lord’s time for canceling debts has been proclaimed.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

“When the neighboring peoples bring merchandise or grain to sell on the Sabbath, we will not buy from them on the Sabbath or on any holy day. Every seventh year we will forgo working the land and will cancel all debts.

Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?’ “Yet on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Luke 7:42

Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”

Deuteronomy 15:1

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

Deuteronomy 15:3

You may require payment from a foreigner, but you must cancel any debt your fellow Israelite owes you.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses commanded them: “At the end of every seven years, in the year for canceling debts, during the Festival of Tabernacles,

James 2:13

because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.