Deuteronomy 15:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.”
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“For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 15:11 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 23:11but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- Deuteronomy 15:8Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
- Proverbs 19:17Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
- Matthew 5:42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
- Matthew 26:11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
- Mark 14:7The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Luke 12:33Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”
- Acts 2:45Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.
- Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- Acts 11:28One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)
- 2 Corinthians 8:2In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
- 1 John 3:16By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
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