Deuteronomy 15:11 “For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am co…”

Deuteronomy 15:11

For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

World English Bible

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

American Standard Version

For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because there shall be euer some poore in the land, therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother, to thy needie, and to thy poore in thy land.

Darby Translation

For the needy shall never cease from within the land; therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thy hand bountifully unto thy brother, to thy poor and to thy needy, in thy land.

Young's Literal Translation

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

Bible in Basic English

For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

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Cross references

“the poor”

Matthew 26:11 Mark 14:7 John 12:8 Proverbs 22:2

Matthew 26:11 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

Mark 14:7 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

John 12:8 · BSB

The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”

Proverbs 22:2 · BSB

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

“Thou shalt”

Deuteronomy 15:8 1 John 3:16–18 Acts 4:32–35 Luke 12:33 Matthew 5:42 Acts 2:45

Deuteronomy 15:8 · BSB

Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

1 John 3:16–18 · BSB

By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

Acts 4:32–35 · BSB

The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.

Luke 12:33 · BSB

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Matthew 5:42 · BSB

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Acts 2:45 · BSB

Selling their possessions and goods, they shared with anyone who was in need.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.

12If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.

Read Deuteronomy 15