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 Matthew 20:15 Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?' James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. Exodus 22:23 If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry. Deuteronomy 15:1 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts. Deuteronomy 24:15 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 LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. Job 34:28 They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted. Psalm 12:5 "For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the LORD. "I will bring safety to him who yearns." Psalm 101:3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. Proverbs 23:6 Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies; Treasury of Scripture Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. Beware Proverbs 4:23 Jeremiah 17:10 Matthew 15:19 thought, etc. Deuteronomy 28:54-56 Proverbs 23:6 Proverbs 24:9 he cry Deuteronomy 24:15 Exodus 3:7 Exodus 22:23 sin unto thee Matthew 25:41-45 James 4:17 1 John 3:15-17 |