Deuteronomy 15:9

Beware that there is no wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release (remission, pardon), is approaching,’ and your eye is hostile (unsympathetic) toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing [since he would not have to repay you]; for he may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will become a sin for you.

Deuteronomy 24:15

You shall give him his wages on the day that he earns them before the sun sets—for he is poor and is counting on it—so that he does not cry out to the Lord against you, and it becomes a sin for you.

Matthew 20:15

Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’

Exodus 22:23

If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;

Job 34:28


So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.

Proverbs 23:6


Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;

Proverbs 28:22


He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.

James 5:4

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Exodus 3:7

The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.

Deuteronomy 15:1

“At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release (remission, pardon) from debt.

Deuteronomy 28:54-56

The man who is most refined and well-bred among you will be cruel and hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,

Psalm 9:12


For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.

Proverbs 4:23


Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.

Proverbs 21:13


Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.

Proverbs 24:9


The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.

Jeremiah 17:10


“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming).

Matthew 25:41-45

“Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons);

Mark 7:21-22

For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Romans 7:8-9

But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].

James 4:5

Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?

James 4:17

So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 5:9

Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing right at the door.

1 Peter 4:9

Be hospitable to one another without complaint.

1 John 3:15-17

Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

General references

Bible References

Beware

Proverbs 4:23

Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life.
Jeremiah 17:10

“I, the Lord, search and examine the mind,
I test the heart,
To give to each man according to his ways,
According to the results of his deeds.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart come evil thoughts and plans, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, slanders (verbal abuse, irreverent speech, blaspheming).
Mark 7:21
For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Romans 7:8
But sin, finding an opportunity through the commandment [to express itself] produced in me every kind of coveting and selfish desire. For without the Law sin is dead [the recognition of sin is inactive].
James 4:5
Or do you think that the Scripture says to no purpose that the [human] spirit which He has made to dwell in us lusts with envy?

Thine eye

Deuteronomy 28:54
The man who is most refined and well-bred among you will be cruel and hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain,
Proverbs 23:6

Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin,
And the scoffer is repulsive to men.
Proverbs 28:22

He who has an evil and envious eye hurries to be rich
And does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Matthew 20:15
Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’
James 5:9
Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing right at the door.
1 Peter 4:9
Be hospitable to one another without complaint.

He cry

Deuteronomy 24:15
You shall give him his wages on the day that he earns them before the sun sets—for he is poor and is counting on it—so that he does not cry out to the Lord against you, and it becomes a sin for you.
Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, “I have in fact seen the affliction (suffering, desolation) of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters (oppressors); for I know their pain and suffering.
Exodus 22:23
If you harm or oppress them in any way, and they cry at all to Me [for help], I will most certainly hear their cry;
Job 34:28

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And He heard the cry of the afflicted.
Psalm 9:12

For He who avenges blood [unjustly shed] remembers them (His people);
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted and abused.
Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts his ears at the cry of the poor
Will cry out himself and not be answered.
James 5:4
Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Sin unto thee

Matthew 25:41
“Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Leave Me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels (demons);
James 4:17
So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin.
1 John 3:15
Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

General references

Luke 6:34
If you lend [money] to those from whom you expect to receive [it back], what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to receive back the same amount.