Deuteronomy 15:4–11

⁴“However, there will be no poor among you, since ^athe Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess,

⁵if only you listen obediently to the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today.

⁶“^aFor the Lord your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you.

⁷“If there is ^aa poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your ¹towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, ^byou shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

⁸but ^ayou shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks.

⁹“Beware that there is no base ¹thought in your heart, saying, ‘^aThe seventh year, the year of remission, is near,’ and ^byour eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he ^cmay cry to the Lord against you, and it will be a sin in you.

¹⁰“You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because ^afor this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all ¹your undertakings.

¹¹“^aFor the poor will never cease to be ¹in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’