Deuteronomy 15:7-11
there be Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them. thou shalt Deut 15:9; Prov 21:13; Matt 18:30; Jas 2:15-16; 1John 3:16-17 Beware Prov 4:23; Jer 17:10; Matt 15:19; Mark 7:21-22; Rom 7:8-9; Jas 4:5 thought etc. Heb. word with thine heart of Belial thine eye Deut 28:54-56; Prov 23:6, Prov 24:9, Prov 28:22; Matt 20:15; Jas 5:9; 1Pet 4:9 he cry Deut 24:15; Exod 3:7, Exod 22:23; Job 34:28; Ps 9:12; Prov 21:13; Jas 5:4 sin unto thee Matt 25:41-45; Jas 4:17; 1John 3:15-17 thine heart Matt 25:40; Acts 20:35; Rom 12:8; 2Cor 9:5-7; 1Tim 6:18-19; 1Pet 4:11 because Deut 15:4, Deut 14:19, Deut 14:29, Deut 24:19; Ps 41:1-2; Prov 11:24-25, Prov 22:9; Isa 32:8, Isa 58:10; 2Cor 9:8-11; Phil 4:18-19; Heb 13:16 the poor Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh. Prov 22:2; Matt 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8 Thou shalt Deut 15:8; Matt 5:42; Luke 12:33; Acts 2:45, Acts 4:32-35, Acts 11:28-30; 2Cor 8:2-9; 1John 3:16-18
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