Deuteronomy 15:9

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.

Beware

Thine eye

1 Peter 4:9

He cry

James 5:4

Sin unto thee

Matthew 25:41

James 4:17

1 John 3:15

General references

Luke 6:34

Bible References

Beware

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

But sin, taking its chance through that which was ordered by the law, was working in me every form of desire: because without the law sin is dead.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

Thine eye

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.

Keep open house for all with a glad heart;

He cry

Give him his payment day by day, not keeping it back over night; for he is poor and his living is dependent on it; and if his cry against you comes to the ears of the Lord, it will be judged as sin in you.

And God said, Truly, I have seen the grief of my people in Egypt, and their cry because of their cruel masters has come to my ears; for I have knowledge of their sorrows;

If you are cruel to them in any way, and their cry comes up to me, I will certainly give ear;

So that the cry of the poor might come up to him, and the prayer of those in need come to his ears.

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

Sin unto thee

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Anyone who has hate for his brother is a taker of life, and you may be certain that no taker of life has eternal life in him.

General references

And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.