Deuteronomy 15:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

for thou dost certainly open thy hand to him, and dost certainly lend him sufficient for his lack which he lacketh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:42 : 42 to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.
  • Luke 6:34 : 34 and if ye lend `to those' of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners -- that they may receive again as much.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 15:6-7
    2 verses
    87%

    6for Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee as He hath spoken to thee; and thou hast lent `to' many nations, and thou hast not borrowed; and thou hast ruled over many nations, and over thee they do not rule.

    7`When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

  • Deut 15:9-14
    6 verses
    84%

    9`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;

    10thou dost certainly give to him, and thy heart is not sad in thy giving to him, for because of this thing doth Jehovah thy God bless thee in all thy works, and in every putting forth of thy hand;

    11because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

    12`When thy brother is sold to thee, a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, and he hath served thee six years -- then in the seventh year thou dost send him away free from thee.

    13And when thou dost send him away free from thee, thou dost not send him away empty;

    14thou dost certainly encircle him out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy wine-vat; `of' that which Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee thou dost give to him,

  • Deut 28:12
    78%

    12`Jehovah doth open to 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 hast lent to many nations, and thou -- thou dost not borrow.

  • Exod 22:25
    76%

    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Prov 19:17
    76%

    17Whoso is lending `to' Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

  • Lev 25:35-37
    3 verses
    75%

    35`And when thy brother is become poor, and his hand hath failed with thee, then thou hast kept hold on him, sojourner and settler, and he hath lived with thee;

    36thou takest no usury from him, or increase; and thou hast been afraid of thy God; and thy brother hath lived with thee;

    37thy money thou givest not to him in usury, and for increase thou givest not thy food;

  • Prov 22:9
    75%

    9The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

  • Deut 14:29
    74%

    29and come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who `are' within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.

  • Deut 23:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19`Thou dost not lend in usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of food, usury of anything which is lent on usury.

    20To a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

  • Deut 15:1-4
    4 verses
    74%

    1`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release,

    2and this `is' the matter of the release: Every owner of a loan `is' to release his hand which he doth lift up against his neighbour, he doth not exact of his neighbour and of his brother, but hath proclaimed a release to Jehovah;

    3of the stranger thou mayest exact, and that which is thine with thy brother doth thy hand release;

    4only when there is no needy one with thee, for Jehovah doth greatly bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance to possess it.

  • Deut 24:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14`Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

    15in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

    11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

  • Prov 3:27
    73%

    27Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand `is' toward God to do `it'.

  • Ps 145:16
    73%

    16Opening Thy hand, and satisfying The desire of every living thing.

  • Prov 28:27
    73%

    27Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

  • Prov 22:16
    72%

    16He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

  • Matt 5:42
    72%

    42to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

  • Deut 28:8
    72%

    8`Jehovah commandeth with thee the blessing in thy storehouses, and in every putting forth of thy hand, and hath blessed thee in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

    8In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.

  • Deut 16:17
    72%

    17each according to the gift of his hand, according to the blessing of Jehovah thy God, which He hath given to thee.

  • Prov 28:8
    71%

    8Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

  • Ps 37:26
    71%

    26All the day he is gracious and lending, And his seed `is' for a blessing.

  • Job 22:7
    71%

    7Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

  • Deut 14:27
    71%

    27As to the Levite who `is' within thy gates, thou dost not forsake him, for he hath no portion and inheritance with thee.

  • 2 Cor 8:14
    71%

    14but by equality, at the present time your abundance -- for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

  • Ps 104:28
    71%

    28Thou dost give to them -- they gather, Thou dost open Thy hand -- they `are' satisfied `with' good.

  • Deut 24:19
    70%

    19`When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

  • Deut 8:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

    18`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it `is' who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as `at' this day.

  • Ps 37:21
    70%

    21The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

  • 2 Cor 9:6
    70%

    6And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

  • Exod 23:11
    70%

    11and the seventh thou dost release it, and hast left it, and the needy of thy people have eaten, and their leaving doth the beast of the field eat; so dost thou to thy vineyard -- to thine olive-yard.

  • Ps 112:5
    70%

    5Good `is' the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

  • Isa 58:7
    70%

    7Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?