And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Deuteronomy 15:7 - King James 2000 If there be among you a poor man of one of your brethren within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If there is among you a poor man, one of your kinsmen in any of the towns of your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your [minds and] hearts or close your hands to your poor brother; American Standard Version (1901) If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother; Common English Bible Now if there are some poor persons among you, say one of your fellow Israelites in one of your cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, don’t be hard-hearted or tightfisted toward your poor fellow Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version If one of your brothers, who dwells within the gates of your city, in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, falls into poverty, you shall not harden your heart, nor tighten your hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If one of thy brethren that dwelleth within the gates of thy city in the land which the Lord thy God will give thee come to poverty: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor close thy hand, |
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending presents one to another.
As the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feast
If you lend money to any of my people who is poor among you, you shall not be to him as a lender, neither shall you charge him interest.
He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your darkness be as the noon day:
And if your brother becomes poor, and falls into poverty among you; then you shall help him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you.
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not away.
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, you shall open your hand wide unto your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land.
Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, 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 cries unto the LORD against you, and it be sin in you.
You shall not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brethren, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates: