Deuteronomy 15:3

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You may demand payment from a foreigner, but you shall release whatever your brother owes you.

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  • Deut 23:20 : 20 Do not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—whether on money, food, or anything that may earn interest.
  • Matt 17:25-26 : 25 'Yes, He does,' Peter replied. When Peter entered the house, Jesus was the first to speak. 'What do you think, Simon?' He asked. 'From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own sons or from others?' 26 'From others,' Peter answered. 'Then the sons are exempt,' Jesus said to him.
  • John 8:35 : 35 A slave does not remain in the household forever, but a son does remain forever.
  • 1 Cor 6:6-7 : 6 But instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers! 7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
  • Gal 6:10 : 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
  • Exod 22:25 : 25 If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1At the end of seven years, you shall institute a release.

    2This is the manner of the release: Every creditor shall release what they have lent to their neighbor. They shall not demand payment from their neighbor or their relative, because the Lord’s release has been proclaimed.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    81%

    19Do not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, for both are detestable to the LORD your God.

    20Do not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—whether on money, food, or anything that may earn interest.

  • Deut 15:7-15
    9 verses
    78%

    7If there is a poor person among your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother.

    8Instead, you shall freely open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: 'The seventh year, the year of release, is near,' and you look grudgingly on your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

    10You shall surely give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you undertake.

    11For there will never cease to be poor people in the land. Therefore, I command you to freely open your hand to your brother, to the needy, and to the poor in your land.

    12If your brother, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, in the seventh year, you must set them free.

    13And when you set them free, do not send them away empty-handed.

    14Provide them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress. Give to them as the Lord your God has blessed you.

    15Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God redeemed you. That is why I am giving you this command today.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and are unable to support themselves among you, help them as you would a foreigner or temporary resident, so they can live among you.

    36Do not take interest or profit from them, but fear your God, so that they may continue to live among you.

    37You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food for profit.

  • Lev 25:47-49
    3 verses
    77%

    47If a foreigner residing among you becomes rich and any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to the foreigner or to a member of the foreigner’s clan,

    48they retain the right of redemption after they have sold themselves. One of their relatives may redeem them.

    49An uncle or a cousin may redeem them, or any close relative from their family may redeem them. If they prosper, they may redeem themselves.

  • Lev 25:39-41
    3 verses
    77%

    39If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.

    40They are to be treated as hired workers or temporary residents among you; they are to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

    41Then they and their children are to be released, and they will return to their own family and to the property of their ancestors.

  • Lev 25:24-28
    5 verses
    76%

    24In every part of the land that you own, you must provide for the redemption of the land.

    25If one of your fellow Israelites becomes poor and sells some of their property, their nearest relative is to come and redeem what they have sold.

    26But if a man has no one to redeem it for him, and later he prospers and finds enough to redeem it,

    27he shall calculate the years since its sale, refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and then return to his property.

    28But if he cannot afford to repay, what he sold will remain with the buyer until the Year of Jubilee; in the Jubilee it will be released, and he will return to his property.

  • Deut 24:10-14
    5 verses
    76%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

    14Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

  • Jer 34:14
    75%

    14At the end of seven years, each of you must set free your Hebrew brothers who have been sold to you and have served you for six years. You must release them to go free. But your ancestors did not obey me or pay attention to me.

  • Deut 22:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1If you see your brother's ox or sheep wandering off, do not ignore it. Be sure to return it to your brother.

    2If your brother is not nearby or you do not know who he is, take the animal to your house and keep it with you until your brother comes looking for it. Then, you must return it to him.

    3Do the same with his donkey, his garment, or any lost item that belongs to your brother, which you find. Do not ignore it; you must return it.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Lev 25:13-15
    3 verses
    71%

    13In this year of Jubilee, everyone shall return to their property.

    14If you sell land to your neighbor or buy land from your neighbor, do not take advantage of one another.

    15You are to buy from your neighbor based on the number of years since the Jubilee, and they are to sell to you according to the number of harvest years.

  • Lev 25:45
    71%

    45You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your land, and they will become your property.

  • Deut 15:4
    71%

    4However, there should be no poor among you, for the Lord will certainly bless you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess.

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27And do not neglect the Levite living in your towns, for he has no portion or inheritance with you.

  • Deut 24:17-19
    3 verses
    70%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

    18Remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there. That is why I command you to do this.

    19When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

  • Jer 34:9
    70%

    9Each was to free his Hebrew servants, both male and female, so that no one would enslave a fellow Hebrew, a fellow Jew.

  • Deut 15:18
    70%

    18Do not consider it hard to set them free, because their service to you for six years was worth twice as much as that of a hired worker, and the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do.

  • Prov 22:27
    70%

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Deut 23:7
    70%

    7You shall never pursue their peace or prosperity as long as you live.