Deuteronomy 15:9
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9 Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the Lord, you will be considered guilty of sin.
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Deuteronomy 24:15
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15 You must pay them their wages each day before sunset because they are poor and are counting on it. If you don’t, they might cry out to the Lord against you, and it would be counted against you as sin.
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Matthew 20:15
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15 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
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James 5:9
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9 Don’t grumble about each other, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. For look—the Judge is standing at the door!
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Mark 7:21-22
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21 For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness.
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Jeremiah 17:10
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10 But I, the Lord, search all hearts
and examine secret motives.
I give all people their due rewards,
according to what their actions deserve.”
Exodus 22:23
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23 If you exploit them in any way and they cry out to me, then I will certainly hear their cry.
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James 5:4
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4 For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Matthew 15:19
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19 For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, lying, and slander.
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Proverbs 28:22
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22 Greedy people try to get rich quick
but don’t realize they’re headed for poverty.
Proverbs 23:6
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6 Don’t eat with people who are stingy;
don’t desire their delicacies.
Job 34:28
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28 They cause the poor to cry out, catching God’s attention.
He hears the cries of the needy.
Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
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1 John 3:15-17
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15 Anyone who hates another brother or sister[a] is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don’t have eternal life within them.
16 We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister[b] in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love be in that person?
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1 Peter 4:9
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9 Cheerfully share your home with those who need a meal or a place to stay.
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James 4:17
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17 Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
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James 4:5
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5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.[a]
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- 4:5 Or They say that the spirit God has placed within us is filled with envy; or They say that the Holy Spirit, whom God has placed within us, opposes our envy.
Romans 7:8-9
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8 But sin used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power. 9 At one time I lived without understanding the law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life,
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Matthew 25:41-45
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41 “Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons.[a] 42 For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t give me a drink. 43 I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite me into your home. I was naked, and you didn’t give me clothing. I was sick and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’
44 “Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help you?’
45 “And he will answer, ‘I tell you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were refusing to help me.’
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- 25:41 Greek his angels.
Proverbs 24:9
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9 The schemes of a fool are sinful;
everyone detests a mocker.
Proverbs 21:13
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13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Guard your heart above all else,
for it determines the course of your life.
Psalm 9:12
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12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
Deuteronomy 28:54-56
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54 The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children. 55 He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns. 56 The most tender and delicate woman among you—so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot—will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.
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Deuteronomy 15:1
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Release for Debtors
15 “At the end of every seventh year you must cancel the debts of everyone who owes you money.
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