Deu 15:7-11, Neh 5:1-5, 13, Pro 28:27, Isa 1:15-17, 58:6-9, Jer 34:16-17 | ESV | STEP | If among you, one of your brothers should become poor , in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother ,

7 “If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, ^ayou shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, 8 but ^byou shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. 9 Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your ^ceye look grudgingly ^{▼▼Or be evil; also verse 10} on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ^ecry to the Lord against you, and ^fyou be guilty of sin. 10 You shall give to him freely, and ^gyour heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because ^hfor this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11 For ⁱthere will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ^j‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Nehemiah 5:1-5

Nehemiah Stops Oppression of the Poor

1 Now there arose ^ka great outcry of the people and of their wives ^lagainst their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “With our sons and our daughters, we are many. So let us get grain, that we may eat and keep alive.” 3 There were also those who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our houses to get grain because of the famine.” 4 And there were those who said, “We have borrowed money for ^mthe king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards. 5 Now ⁿour flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children are as their children. Yet ^owe are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but it is not in our power to help it, for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”

Nehemiah 5:13

13 ^pI also shook out the fold ^{▼▼Hebrew bosom} of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” ^rAnd all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.

Proverbs 28:27

27 Whoever ^sgives to the poor will not want,
but he who ^thides his eyes will get many a curse.

Isaiah 1:15-17

15 When you ^uspread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
^veven though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
^wyour hands are full of blood.
16 ^xWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^ycease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
^zseek justice,
correct oppression;
^aabring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.

Isaiah 58:6-9

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
^abto loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps ^acof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ^{▼▼Or bruised} go free,
and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not ^aeto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
^afand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 ^agThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
^ahand your healing shall spring up speedily;
^aiyour righteousness shall go before you;
^ajthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away ^akthe yoke from your midst,
^althe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,

Jeremiah 34:16-17

16 but then you turned around ^amand profaned my name when each of you took back his male and female slaves, ^anwhom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your slaves.

17 “Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me ^aoby proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; ^apbehold, I proclaim to you liberty ^aqto the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. ^arI will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.