Deuteronomy 15:7 (KJV)

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If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee thou shalt not harden thine heart nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother

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thou shalt. De 15:9 Pr 21:13 Mt 18:30 Jas 2:15 Jas 2:16 1Jo 3:16 1Jo 3:17

there be.Lest the preceding law might render the Israelites cautious in lending to the poor, Moses here warns them against being led by so mean a principle; but to lend liberally, and God would reward them.

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