Deuteronomy 15:11
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.
Context
This verse from Deuteronomy Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. Every seventh year, debts among Israelites are to be cancelled and Hebrew debt-slaves released with generous provision. The chapter urges generous lending even as the sabbatical year approaches and insists on releasing Hebrew slaves after six years; if a slave …
Other Translations
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.
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.
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.
Cross References
But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that …
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye …
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that …
For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them …
And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.