Deuteronomy 15:9

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

Cross References (24)

  • Deuteronomy 24:15 (7)

    You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the

  • Matthew 20:15 (5)

    Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

  • Exodus 22:23 (4)

    If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

  • Mark 7:21–22 (4)

    For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

  • James 5:9 (4)

    Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!

  • Jeremiah 17:10 (4)

    I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

  • James 5:4 (3)

    Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvest

  • Proverbs 23:6 (3)

    Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

  • Job 34:28 (3)

    They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

  • Exodus 3:7 (3)

    The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their o

  • Matthew 15:19 (3)

    For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

  • Proverbs 28:22 (3)

    A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

  • Proverbs 21:13 (2)

    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

  • Deuteronomy 28:54–56 (2)

    The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children

  • Deuteronomy 15:1 (2)

    At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

  • Matthew 25:41–45 (2)

    Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil

  • 1 John 3:15–17 (2)

    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  • 1 Peter 4:9 (2)

    Show hospitality to one another without complaining.

  • James 4:17 (2)

    Anyone, then, who knows the right thing to do, yet fails to do it, is guilty of sin.

  • Psalms 9:12 (2)

    For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

  • Proverbs 4:23 (2)

    Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.

  • Proverbs 24:9 (2)

    A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

  • James 4:5 (2)

    Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?

  • Romans 7:8–9 (2)

    But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from t