Deu 15:9, 1Sa 1:9-10, 2Sa 13:19-20, Psa 78:34-37, Ecc 4:1 | ESV | STEP | 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 eye look grudgingly on your poor brother , and you give him nothing , and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin .

Deuteronomy 15:9

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 ^aeye look grudgingly ^{▼▼Or be evil; also verse 10} on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ^ccry to the Lord against you, and ^dyou be guilty of sin.

1 Samuel 1:9-10

9 After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of ^ethe temple of the Lord. 10 She was ^fdeeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

2 Samuel 13:19-20

19 And Tamar ^gput ashes on her head and ^htore the long robe that she wore. And ⁱshe laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.

20 And her brother Absalom said to her, “Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart.” So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom’s house.

Psalms 78:34-37

34 When he killed them, they ^jsought him;
they repented and sought God earnestly.
35 They remembered that God was their ^krock,
the Most High God their ^lredeemer.
36 But they ^mflattered him with their mouths;
they ⁿlied to him with their tongues.
37 Their ^oheart was not ^psteadfast toward him;
they were not faithful to his covenant.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Evil Under the Sun

1 ^qAgain I ^rsaw all ^sthe oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had ^tno one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.