Deuteronomy 15:11
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.
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.
For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.
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.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the poor
- Although Moses, by the statutes relative to the division of the land, and inheritance, and the inalienable nature of it, had studied to prevent any Israelite from being born poor, yet he exhorts them to the exercise of the tenderest compassion and most benevolent actions; and not to refuse assistance to the decayed Israelite, though the sabbatical year drew nigh.
- Proverbs 22:2; Matthew 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8
- Thou shalt
- Deuteronomy 15:8; Matthew 5:42; Luke 12:33; Acts 2:45; Acts 4:32–35; Acts 11:28–30; 2 Corinthians 8:2–9; 1 John 3:16–18