Deuteronomy 15:11 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹¹ For there will never cease to be poor people in the land;  that is why I am commanding you, “Open your hand willingly to your poor and needy brother in your land.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hands to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Poor persons will never disappear from the earth. That’s why I’m giving you this command: you must open your hand generously to your fellow Israelites, to the needy among you, and to the poor who live with you in your land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The poor will not be absent from the land of your habitation. For this reason, I instruct you to open your hand to your indigent and poor brother, who lives among you in the land.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ There will not be wanting poor in the land of thy habitation: therefore I command thee to open thy hand to thy needy and poor brother, that liveth in the land.

Deuteronomy 15:11 Tagairtí Cros

Exodus 23:11

But during the seventh year you are to let it rest and leave it uncultivated, so that the poor among your people may eat from it and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

Proverbs 19:17

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the  Lord, and he will give a reward to the lender.  ,

Proverbs 22:2

Rich and poor have this in common: the Lord makes them all.

Proverbs 31:20

Her hands reach   out to the poor, and she extends her hands to the needy.

Ezekiel 18:7

He doesn’t oppress anyone  but returns his collateral to the debtor.  He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry  and covers the naked with clothing.

Matthew 26:11

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.

Matthew 5:42

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Mark 14:7

You always have the poor   with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have me.

Luke 12:33

Sell   your possessions and give to the poor.   Make money-bags   for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure   in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

John 12:8

For you always have the poor with you,   but you do not always have me.’

Acts 2:45

They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as any had need.

Deuteronomy 15:7

‘If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your city gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted towards your poor brother.

Deuteronomy 15:8

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.