Deuteronomy 15:11

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There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 26:11 : 11 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
  • Mark 14:7 : 7 For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!
  • John 12:8 : 8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”
  • Deut 15:8 : 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.
  • Prov 22:2 : 2 The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.
  • Matt 5:42 : 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
  • Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out– a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
  • Acts 2:45 : 45 and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need.
  • Acts 4:32-35 : 32 Conditions Among the Early Believers The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. 33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. 34 For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales 35 and placing them at the apostles’ feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need.
  • Acts 11:28-30 : 28 One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world.(This took place during the reign of Claudius.) 29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. 30 They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
  • 2 Cor 8:2-9 : 2 that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. 3 For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, 4 begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints. 5 And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God. 6 Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you. 7 But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too. 8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
  • 1 John 3:16-18 : 16 We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. 17 But whoever has the world’s possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:7-10
    4 verses
    86%

    7The Spirit of Liberality If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the LORD your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

    8Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.

    9Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the LORD against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.

    10You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.

  • Deut 15:2-5
    4 verses
    81%

    2This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as“the LORD’s cancellation of debts.”

    3You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit.

    4However, there should not be any poor among you, for the LORD will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance,

    5if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    77%

    35Debt and Slave Regulations“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident.

    36Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you.

    37You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

    15You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

  • Deut 14:29
    75%

    29Then the Levites(because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work you do.

  • Deut 15:12-15
    4 verses
    74%

    12Release of Debt Slaves If your fellow Hebrew– whether male or female– is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free.

    13If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

    14You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress– as the LORD your God has blessed you, you must give to them.

    15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today.

  • Prov 22:9
    74%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Ps 9:18
    74%

    18for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

  • Ps 41:1
    74%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, may the LORD deliver him.

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.

  • Exod 23:11
    74%

    11But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

  • Lev 23:22
    73%

    22When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.’”

  • Deut 24:19
    73%

    19Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.

  • Exod 22:25
    73%

    25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Prov 22:16
    73%

    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Lev 19:10
    73%

    10You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the resident foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

    6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

  • Lev 25:39
    73%

    39“‘If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service.

  • Deut 28:12
    73%

    12The LORD will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

  • Prov 31:9
    72%

    9Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Prov 28:27
    72%

    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Matt 26:11
    72%

    11For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!

  • Prov 28:3
    72%

    3A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.

  • Lev 19:15
    72%

    15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

  • Deut 24:12
    71%

    12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.

  • Zech 7:10
    71%

    10You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the resident foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow citizen.’

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

  • Prov 22:22
    71%

    22Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,

  • Prov 14:31
    71%

    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • John 12:8
    71%

    8For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!”

  • Deut 26:12
    71%

    12Presentation of the Third-year Tithe When you finish tithing all your income in the third year(the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

  • Job 22:9
    71%

    9you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

  • Job 36:15
    71%

    15He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

  • Mark 14:7
    71%

    7For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me!

  • Lev 25:47
    70%

    47“‘If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner’s family,

  • Amos 8:4
    70%

    4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

  • Amos 5:11
    70%

    11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.