Be careful that there is no mean-spirited [a]thought in your heart, [b]such as, ‘(A)The seventh year, the year of release of debts, is near,’ and (B)your eye is malicious toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he (C)may cry out to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:9 Lit word
  2. Deuteronomy 15:9 Lit saying

Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts,(A) is near,” so that you do not show ill will(B) toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin.(C)

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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.

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“Because of the (A)multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm (B)of the mighty.

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“People cry out(A) under a load of oppression;(B)
    they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful.(C)

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By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.

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now, will God not (A)bring about justice for His (B)elect who cry out to Him day [a]and night, and will He (C)delay long for them?

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  1. Luke 18:7 Or and night? He is also patient toward them

And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

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