Generosity to the Poor

“If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7 towns

If anyone is poor(A) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted(B) toward them.

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but (A)you shall [a]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open

Rather, be openhanded(A) and freely lend them whatever they need.

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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in your power to act.

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26 He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous (A)gives and does not spare.

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26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(A) give without sparing.(B)

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42 Give to him who asks you, and (A)from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away.

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42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.(A)

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