"Beware 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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And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
So 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:
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
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.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
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.
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy 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 against thee to Jehovah, and it be sin in thee.
Beware 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.
Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye shall be evil against thy poor brother, and thou shalt give him naught; and he shall cry to the LORD against thee, and it shall be sin to thee.
Beware that there not be a base 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 Yahweh against you, and it be sin to you.
`Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near `is' the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;