but caused the poor to cry out to him, and he heard the outcry of the needy.
Deuteronomy 15:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, “The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,” and you are stingy towards your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Beware lest there be a base thought in your [minds and] hearts, and you say, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and it be sin in you. American Standard Version (1901) Beware that there be not a base thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou give him nought; and he cry unto Jehovah against thee, and it be sin unto thee. Common English Bible But watch yourself! Make sure no wicked thought crosses your mind, such as, The seventh year is coming—the year of debt cancellation—so that you resent your poor fellow Israelites and don’t give them anything. If you do that, they will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. Catholic Public Domain Version Take care, lest perhaps an impious thought might creep within you, and you might say in your heart: 'The seventh year of remission approaches.' And so you might turn your eyes away from your poor brother, unwilling to lend to him what he has asked. If so, then he may cry out against you to the Lord, and it will be a sin for you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Beware lest perhaps a wicked thought steal in upon thee, and thou say in thy heart: The seventh year of remission draweth nigh. And thou turn away thy eyes from thy poor brother, denying to lend him that which he asketh: lest he cry against thee to the Lord, and it become a sin unto thee. |
but caused the poor to cry out to him, and he heard the outcry of the needy.
If you do mistreat them, they will no doubt cry to me, and I will certainly hear their cry.
Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people in Egypt, and have heard them crying out because of their oppressors. I know about their sufferings,
The one who despises his neighbour sins, but whoever shows kindness to the poor will be happy.
The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor will himself also call out and not be answered.
Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread, , and don’t desire his delicacies,
A greedy one is in a hurry for wealth; he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.
I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart , to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.
“At the end of seven years, each of you must let his fellow Hebrew who sold himself to you go. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free from your service.” But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention.
For from the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slander.
Don’t I have the right to do what I want with what is mine? Are you jealous because I’m generous? ” ,
You are to pay him his wages each day before the sun sets, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be held guilty.
Moses commanded them, ‘At the end of every seven years, at the appointed time in the year of debt cancellation, during the Festival of Shelters,
Or do you think it’s without reason that the Scripture says: The spirit he made to dwell in us envies intensely? ,
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.
Brothers and sisters, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!