Deuteronomy 15:2

Tree of Life Version

This is how you are to cancel debts: every creditor is to release what he has loaned to his neighbor. He must not force his neighbor or his brother to repay, for Adonai’s debt cancellation has been proclaimed.

Cross References

Nehemiah 10:31

“Furthermore, we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

Isaiah 58:3

“Why have we fasted. yet You do not see? Why have we afflicted our souls, yet You take no notice?” “Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and exploit all your laborers.

Matthew 6:12

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

Luke 7:42

When neither could repay him, he canceled both debts. So which of them will love him more?”

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seven years you are to cancel debts.

Deuteronomy 15:3

A foreigner you may force, but your hand is to release whatever your brother owes you.

Deuteronomy 31:10

Then Moses commanded them saying, “At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of cancelling debts, during the feast of Sukkot,

James 2:13

For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.