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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Deuteronomy 15:11

For the poor shall never cease out of the land—Although every Israelite on the conquest of Canaan became the owner of property, yet in the providence of God who foresaw the event, it was permitted, partly as a punishment of disobedience and partly for the exercise of benevolent and charitable feelings, that "the poor should never cease out of the land."

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If there be among you a poor man . . . thou shalt not harden thine heart—Lest the foregoing law should prevent the Israelites lending to the poor, Moses here admonishes them against so mean and selfish a spirit and exhorts them to give in a liberal spirit of charity and kindness, which will secure the divine blessing (Romans 12:8; II Corinthians 9:7).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Deuteronomy 15:11:

Deuteronomy 15:1
Matthew 10:8
Mark 14:7
John 12:8

 

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