Deuteronomy 15:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

Deuteronomy 15:8 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 5:42
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Luke 6:34
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Alms Beggars Beneficence Benevolence Borrowing Brotherly Kindness Charity

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-11)

Here is, I. A law for the relief of poor debtors, such (we may suppose) as were insolvent. Every seventh year was a year of release, in which the ground rested from being tilled and servants were discharged from their services; and, among other acts of grace, this was one, that those who had borrowed money, and had not been able to pay it before, should this year be released from it; and though, i…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

7-11. If there be among you a poor man ... thou shalt not harden thine heart--Lest the foregoing law should prevent the Israelites lending to the poor, Moses here admonishes them against so mean and selfish a spirit and exhorts them to give in a liberal spirit of charity and kindness, which will secure the divine blessing (Ro 12:8; 2Co 9:7).