Deuteronomy 15:9

Geneva Bible (1560)

Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lorde against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

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  • Deut 24:15 : 15 Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?
  • Prov 23:6 : 6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
  • Exod 22:23 : 23 If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry.
  • Job 34:28 : 28 So that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and he hath heard the cry of the afflicted.
  • Jas 5:4 : 4 Behold, the hire of ye labourers, which haue reaped your fieldes (which is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth, and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of hostes.
  • Jas 5:9 : 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, least ye be condemned: behold, the iudge standeth before the doore.
  • 1 Pet 4:9 : 9 Be ye harberous one to another, without grudging.
  • 1 John 3:15-17 : 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him. 16 Hereby haue we perceiued loue, that he layde downe his life for vs: therefore we ought also to lay downe our liues for the brethren. 17 And whosoeuer hath this worlds good, and seeth his brother haue neede, & shutteth vp his compassion from him, howe dwelleth the loue of God in him?
  • Exod 3:7 : 7 Then the Lorde said, I haue surely seene the trouble of my people, which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie, because of their taskemasters: for I knowe their sorowes.
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
  • Prov 4:23 : 23 Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.
  • Prov 21:13 : 13 He that stoppeth his eare at the crying of the poore, he shall also cry and not be heard.
  • Deut 15:1 : 1 At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome.
  • Deut 28:54-56 : 54 So that the man (that is tender and exceeding deintie among you) shalbe grieued at his brother, and at his wife, that lieth in his bosome, and at the remnant of his children, which hee hath yet left, 55 For feare of giuing vnto any of them of the flesh of his children, whom he shall eate, because he hath nothing left him in that siege, and straitnesse, wherewith thine enemie shall besiege thee in all thy cities. 56 The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husbande that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord search the heart, and try ye reines, euen to giue euery man according to his wayes, and according to the fruite of his workes.
  • Matt 15:19 : 19 For out of the heart come euil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, slaunders.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
  • Matt 25:41-45 : 41 Then shal he say vnto them on ye left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuill and his angels. 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke: 43 I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee? 45 Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
  • Mark 7:21-22 : 21 For from within, euen out of the heart of men, proceede euill thoughtes, adulteries, fornications, murthers, 22 Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, deceite, vncleannes, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishnesse.
  • Rom 7:8-9 : 8 But sinne tooke an occasion by ye commandement, and wrought in me all maner of concupiscence: for without the Lawe sinne is dead. 9 For I once was aliue, wtout the Law: but when the commandement came, sinne reuiued,
  • Jas 4:5 : 5 Doe ye thinke that the Scripture sayeth in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in vs, lusteth after enuie?
  • Jas 4:17 : 17 Therefore, to him that knoweth howe to doe well, and doeth it not, to him it is sinne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:10-14
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    83%

    10Thou shalt giue him, and let it not grieue thine heart to giue vnto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shal blesse thee in al thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

    11Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

    12If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee:

    13And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

    14But shalt giue him a liberall reward of thy sheepe, and of thy corne, and of thy wine: thou shalt giue him of that wherewith the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee.

  • Deut 15:7-8
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    7If one of thy brethren with thee be poore within any of thy gates in thy land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poore brother:

    8But thou shalt open thine hand vnto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his neede which he hath.

  • Deut 15:1-4
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    1At the terme of seuen yeeres thou shalt make a freedome.

    2And this is the maner of the freedome: euery creditour shall quite ye lone of his hand which he hath lent to his neighbour: he shall not aske it againe of his neighbour, nor of his brother: for the yeere of the Lords freedome is proclaimed.

    3Of a stranger thou mayest require it: but that which thou hast with thy brother, thine hand shall remit:

    4Saue when there shall be no poore with thee: for the Lorde shall blesse thee in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee, for an inheritance to possesse it:

  • Deut 24:14-15
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    77%

    14Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruant that is needie and poore, neyther of thy brethren, nor of the stranger that is in thy land within thy gates.

    15Thou shalt giue him his hire for his day, neither shall the sunne goe downe vpon it: for he is poore, and therewith susteineth his life: lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde, and it be sinne vnto thee.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, & let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

  • Exod 22:25
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    25If thou lende money to my people, that is, to the poore with thee, thou shalt not bee as an vsurer vnto him: yee shall not oppresse him with vsurie.

  • Exod 23:10-11
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    10Moreouer, sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy land, and gather the fruites thereof,

    11But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eat, and what they leaue, the beastes of the fielde shal eate. In like maner thou shalt doe with thy vineyard, and with thine oliue trees.

  • Jer 34:14
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    14At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free fro thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

  • Lev 25:35-37
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    74%

    35Moreouer, if thy brother be impouerished, and fallen in decay with thee, thou shalt relieue him, and as a stranger and soiourner, so shall he liue with thee.

    36Thou shalt take no vsurie of him, nor vantage, but thou shalt feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

    37Thou shalt not giue him thy money to vsurie, nor lende him thy vitailes for increase.

  • Lev 25:39
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    39If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

  • Deut 24:12
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    12Furthermore if it be a poore body, thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge,

  • Deut 14:27
    72%

    27And the Leuite that is within thy gates, shalt thou not forsake: for he hath neither part nor inheritance with thee.

  • Deut 24:10
    72%

    10Whe thou shalt aske again of thy neighbour any thing lent, thou shalt not goe into his house to fet his pledge.

  • Lev 19:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9When yee reape the haruest of your land, ye shal not reape euery corner of your field, neither shalt thou gather the glainings of thy haruest.

    10Thou shalt not gather the grapes of thy vineyarde cleane, neyther gather euery grape of thy vineyarde, but thou shalt leaue them for the poore and for the straunger: I am the Lorde your God.

  • Lev 25:14
    72%

    14And when thou sellest ought to thy neighbour, or byest at thy neighbours hande, ye shall not oppresse one another:

  • Prov 23:6
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    6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

  • Deut 23:19-20
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    72%

    19Thou shalt not giue to vsurie to thy brother: as vsurie of money, vsurie of meate, vsurie of any thing that is put to vsurie.

    20Vnto a stranger thou mayest lend vpon vsurie, but thou shalt not lend vpon vsurie vnto thy brother, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all that thou settest thine hand to, in the land whither thou goest to possesse it.

  • Deut 24:19
    72%

    19When thou cuttest downe thine haruest in thy fielde, and hast forgotten a sheafe in the fielde, thou shalt not goe againe to fet it, but it shalbe for the stranger, for the fatherles, & for the widowe: that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thine hands.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He that hath mercy vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lorde: and the Lorde will recompense him that which he hath giuen.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Prov 3:27-28
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    27Withhold not the good from the owners thereof, though there be power in thine hand to doe it.

    28Say not vnto thy neighbour, Go and come againe, and to morow wil I giue thee, if thou now haue it.

  • Lev 25:20
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    20And if ye shall say, What shall we eate the seuenth yeere, for we shall not sowe, nor gather in our increase?

  • Deut 22:1
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    1Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe nor his sheepe go astray, & withdraw thy selfe from them, but shalt bring the againe vnto thy brother.

  • Lev 19:17
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    17Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart, but thou shalt plainely rebuke thy neighbour, and suffer him not to sinne.

  • Lev 25:4
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    4But the seuenth yeere shalbe a Sabbath of rest vnto the lande: it shall be the Lordes Sabbath: thou shalt neither sowe thy fielde, nor cut thy vineyarde.

  • Deut 15:18
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    18Let it not grieue thee, when thou lettest him goe out free from thee: for he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, which is the double worth of an hired seruant: and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

  • Deut 24:17
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    17Thou shalt not peruert the right of the stranger, nor of the fatherlesse, nor take a widowes rayment to pledge.

  • Deut 14:29
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    29Then ye Leuite shall come, because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the fatherlesse, and the widowe, which are within thy gates, and shall eate, and be filled, that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in al the worke of thine hand which thou doest.

  • Deut 19:19
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    19Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee.

  • Lev 25:17
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    17Oppresse not ye therefore any man his neighbour, but thou shalt feare thy God: for I am the Lorde your God.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.