Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you. Cross References Exodus 22:21 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Exodus 22:25 If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest. Deuteronomy 15:7 If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother. Deuteronomy 23:19 Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan. Deuteronomy 24:14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 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. Nehemiah 5:1 About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. Treasury of Scripture And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. thy brother Leviticus 25:25 Deuteronomy 15:7,8 Proverbs 14:20,21 Psalm 37:26 Psalm 41:1 Psalm 112:5,9 relieve [heb] strengthen Leviticus 19:34 Exodus 23:9 Deuteronomy 10:18,19 |