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Leviticus 25:35

WEB

35“‘If your brother has become poor, and his hand can’t support himself among you, then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.

KJV

35¶ And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

BSB

35Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

FBV

35If any of your people become poor and can't survive,[+] you must help them in the same way you would help a foreigner or a stranger, so that they can go on living in your neighborhood.

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Extra References

Deuteronomy 15:7-8

7If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother; 8but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.

Acts 11:29

29As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

Exodus 23:9

9“You shall not oppress an alien, for you know the heart of an alien, since you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 10:18-19

18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow and loves the foreigner in giving him food and clothing. 19Therefore love the foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 25:25

25“‘If your brother becomes poor, and sells some of his possessions, then his kinsman who is next to him shall come, and redeem that which his brother has sold.

Leviticus 19:34

34The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Luke 6:35

35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

Psalms 37:26

26All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His offspring is blessed.

Psalms 41:1

1Blessed is he who considers the poor. The LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Proverbs 14:31

31He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.