Leviticus 25:35

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Debt 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.

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  • Deut 15:7-8 : 7 The 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. 8 Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 For 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.
  • Ps 112:5 : 5 It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly.
  • Ps 112:9 : 9 He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored.
  • Acts 11:29 : 29 So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
  • 1 John 3:17 : 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?
  • Rom 12:13 : 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality.
  • Rom 12:18 : 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people.
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 9:1 : 1 Preparing the Gift For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints,
  • 2 Cor 9:12-15 : 12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. 13 Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. 14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. 15 Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
  • Gal 2:10 : 10 They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do.
  • Heb 13:2 : 2 Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
  • Prov 14:20-21 : 20 A poor person will be disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many. 21 The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.
  • Exod 23:9 : 9 “You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Lev 19:34 : 34 The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 25:25 : 25 “‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing. 19 So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
  • Prov 17:5 : 5 The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the LORD, and the LORD will repay him for his good deed.
  • Matt 25:35 : 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
  • 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 24:14-15 : 14 You 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. 15 You 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.

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  • Lev 25:47-48
    2 verses
    85%

    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,

    48after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him,

  • Lev 25:36-37
    2 verses
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    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.

  • Lev 25:25-26
    2 verses
    81%

    25“‘If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold.

    26If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption,

  • Deut 15:7-13
    7 verses
    81%

    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.

    11There 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.

    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.

  • Lev 25:39-40
    2 verses
    79%

    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.

    40He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee,

  • Deut 15:2-4
    3 verses
    77%

    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,

  • Deut 22:1-4
    4 verses
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    1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.

    2If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him.

    3You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.

    4When you see your neighbor’s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it; instead, you must be sure to help him get the animal on its feet again.

  • Deut 24:14
    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.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    76%

    19Respect for Others’ Property You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest.

    20You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the LORD your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.

  • Lev 19:33-34
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    75%

    33When a resident foreigner lives with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

    34The resident foreigner who lives with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

  • Exod 22:25
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 14:29
    74%

    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 25:5
    74%

    5Respect for the Sanctity of Others If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man’s wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband’s brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law.

  • Deut 14:27
    73%

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

  • Lev 25:45
    72%

    45Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.

  • Deut 10:19
    72%

    19So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.

    11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.

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

  • Deut 24:19
    72%

    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.

  • Zech 7:10
    72%

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

  • Lev 25:14
    71%

    14If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother.

  • Deut 26:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11You will celebrate all the good things that the LORD your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you.

    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.

  • Jas 2:15
    71%

    15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

  • Num 27:10
    70%

    10and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father’s brothers;

  • Exod 23:9
    70%

    9“You must not oppress a resident foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

  • Exod 23:11
    70%

    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.

  • Isa 58:7
    70%

    7I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don’t turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

  • Deut 24:17
    70%

    17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

  • Deut 23:7
    70%

    7You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.

  • Jer 7:6
    70%

    6Stop oppressing resident foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

  • Exod 22:21
    70%

    21“You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.