(A)But thou shalt open thine hand unto him, and shalt lend him sufficient for his need which he hath.

Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand: therefore [a]it grieveth thee to look on thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought, and he cry unto the Lord against thee, so that sin be in thee:

10 Thou shalt give him, and [b]let it not grieve thine heart to give unto him: for because of this the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:9 Hebrew, thine eye is evil.
  2. Deuteronomy 15:10 Hebrew, let not thine heart be evil.

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