Deuteronomy 15:8

American Standard Version (1901)

but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need [in that] which he wanteth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:42 : 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
  • Luke 6:34 : 34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive again as much.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

    7If 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;

  • Deut 15:9-14
    6 verses
    84%

    9Beware 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.

    10Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; because that for this thing Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto.

    11For 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.

    12If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

    13And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty:

    14thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress; as Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.

  • Deut 28:12
    78%

    12Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

  • Exod 22:25
    76%

    25If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

  • Prov 19:17
    76%

    17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35And if thy brother be waxed poor, and his hand fail with thee; then thou shalt uphold him: [as] a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee.

    36Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

    37Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.

  • Prov 22:9
    75%

    9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  • Deut 14:29
    74%

    29and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:

    20unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest, that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

  • Deut 15:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.

    2And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother; because Jehovah's release hath been proclaimed.

    3Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thy hand shall release.

    4Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee; (for Jehovah will surely bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it;)

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

    15in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.

    12And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;

  • Prov 3:27
    73%

    27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

  • Ps 145:16
    73%

    16Thou openest thy hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; But he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.

  • Matt 5:42
    72%

    42Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

  • Deut 28:8
    72%

    8Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

    8he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,

  • Deut 16:17
    72%

    17every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God which he hath given thee.

  • Prov 28:8
    71%

    8He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

  • Ps 37:26
    71%

    26All the day long he dealeth graciously, and lendeth; And his seed is blessed.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, And thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27And the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee.

  • 2 Cor 8:14
    71%

    14but by equality: your abundance [being a supply] at this present time for their want, that their abundance also may become [a supply] for your want; that there may be equality:

  • Ps 104:28
    71%

    28Thou givest unto them, they gather; Thou openest thy hand, they are satisfied with good.

  • Deut 24:19
    70%

    19When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

    18But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

  • Ps 37:21
    70%

    21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; But the righteous dealeth graciously, and giveth.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    70%

    6But this [I say], He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

  • Exod 23:11
    70%

    11but the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, [and] with thy oliveyard.

  • Ps 112:5
    70%

    5Well is it with the man that dealeth graciously and lendeth; He shall maintain his cause in judgment.

  • Isa 58:7
    70%

    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?