9Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.
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At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
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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…
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