Deuteronomy 15:4–11

⁴save when there shall be no poor among you; ^cfor the Lord shall greatly bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: ⁵only ^dif thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. ⁶For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and ^ethou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and ^fthou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. ⁷If 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 ^gharden thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: ^8hbut thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. ⁹Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine ⁱeye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and ^khe cry unto the Lord against thee, and ^lit be sin unto thee. ¹⁰Thou shalt surely give him, and ^mthine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that ⁿfor this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all ^othat thou puttest thine hand unto. ¹¹For ^pthe poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, ^qThou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.