Deuteronomy 28:54

WEB

⁵⁴The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward the wife whom he loves, and toward the remnant of his children whom he has remaining,

KJV

⁵⁴So that the man^[+] that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

BSB

⁵⁴The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces,^[+] and the rest of his children who have survived,

FBV

⁵⁴The kindest and most sensitive man among you will refuse to share his food with his brother, the wife he loves, and those of his own children who are left.

Extra References

Deuteronomy 15:9

⁹Beware that there not be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, “The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,” and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you.

Matthew 20:15

¹⁵Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’

Deuteronomy 13:6

⁶If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, “Let’s go and serve other gods”—which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;

2 Samuel 12:3

³but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him.

Matthew 7:9-11

⁹Or who is there among you who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent? ¹¹If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Isaiah 49:15

¹⁵“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Proverbs 23:6

⁶Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies,

Proverbs 28:22

²²A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.

Luke 11:11-13

¹¹“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? ¹²Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he? ¹³If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”

Micah 7:5

⁵Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!