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“If there is a poor man among you, one of your fellow Israelites, in [a]any of your cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not [b]be heartless, nor [c]close-fisted with your poor brother;

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 15:7 Lit one of your gates.
  2. Deuteronomy 15:7 Lit harden your heart.
  3. Deuteronomy 15:7 Lit close your hand to.

If anyone is poor(A) among your fellow Israelites in any of the towns of the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted(B) toward them.

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He who is gracious and lends a hand to the poor lends to the Lord,
And the Lord will repay him for his good deed.(A)

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17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,(A)
    and he will reward them for what they have done.(B)

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He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.(A)

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The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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