Deuteronomy 15:9

Take thou heed to thyself lest there be something near thine abandoned heart, saying—Drawing nigh, is the seventh year the year of release, and so thine eye be evil, against thy needy brother, and thou give not unto him,—and he cry out against thee unto Yahweh, and it become in thee a sin!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8but thou shalt, open, thy hand unto him,—and, lend, him enough to meet the poverty which doth impoverish him.

10Thou shalt, give, unto him, and thy heart shall not be evil when thou givest unto him,—for on account of this very thing, will Yahweh thy God bless thee, in all that thou doest and in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:7Then said Yahweh, I have, seen, the humiliation of my people, who are in Egypt,—and their outcry, have I heard, by reason of their task-masters, for I know their pains;

Exodus 22:23if thou, do humiliate, him, when he in anywise crieth out unto me, I will, surely hear, his outcry:

Deuteronomy 24:15for his day, shalt thou give his hire neither shall the sun, go in upon it, for, poor, he is, and, unto it, is he lifting up his soul,—lest he cry out against thee, unto Yahweh, and it be, in thee a sin.

Deuteronomy 31:10And Moses commanded them, saying,—At the end of seven years in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths;

Psalms 9:12When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.

Proverbs 14:21He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, sinneth, but, he that sheweth favour to the afflicted, how happy is he!

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 15:2-12

The Year of Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. 2 And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the Lord 's release. 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; 4 Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land… Read the whole commentary →

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