Deuteronomy 15:7

Tree of Life Version

“If there is a poor man among you—any of your brothers within any of your gates in your land that Adonai your God is giving you—you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1

Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives to their fellow Jews.

Esther 9:19

That is why the rural Jews—those living in unwalled villages—make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a day of sending presents of food to one another.

Esther 9:22

as the days when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into celebration. These were to be days of feasting, celebration and sending presents of food to one another and giving gifts to the poor.

Exodus 22:25

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun goes down,

Proverbs 19:17

One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, will also cry out but not be answered.

Isaiah 58:10

If you give yourself to the hungry, and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness, and your gloom will be like midday.

Leviticus 25:35

“If your brother has become poor and his hand cannot support himself among you, then you are to uphold him. He may live with you like an outsider or a temporary resident.

Matthew 18:30

Yet he was unwilling. Instead, he went off and threw the man into prison until he paid back all he owed.

Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Deuteronomy 15:11

“For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore I am commanding you, saying, ‘You must surely open your hand to your brother—to your needy and poor in your land.’

Deuteronomy 15:9

Watch yourself, so there is no unworthy thing in your heart saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,’ and your eye is evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing. Then he may call out to Adonai against you, and it will be a sin upon you.

Deuteronomy 24:14

“You are not to oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is from your brothers or the outsiders in your land within your town gates.