Lev 25:35-37, Deu 15:7-11, Act 7:26, 1Cor 6:6-8 | ESV | STEP | If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you , you shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner , and he shall live with you.

a Deut. 15:7, 8; [Ps. 41:1; 112:5, 9; Prov. 14:31; Acts 11:29; 1 John 3:17]

bSee Ex. 22:25

c ver. 17, 43; Neh. 5:9; [Mal. 3:5]

d[See ver. 36 above]

e[1 John 3:17]

f Lev. 25:35; [Matt. 5:42; Luke 6:34, 35]

g ch. 28:54, 56; Prov. 23:6; 28:22; Matt. 20:15

i ch. 24:15

j[Matt. 25:41, 42]

k[2 Cor. 9:7]

l Prov. 28:27; See ch. 14:29

m[Matt. 26:11; Mark 14:7; John 12:8]

n[See ver. 8 above]

o Ex. 2:13, 14

p[Matt. 5:39, 40]

q 1 Thess. 4:6

Leviticus 25:35-37

Kindness for Poor Brothers

35 “If your brother becomes poor and cannot maintain himself with you, ^ayou shall support him as though he were a stranger and a sojourner, and he shall live with you. 36 ^bTake no interest from him or profit, but ^cfear your God, that your brother may live beside you. 37 ^dYou shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

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, ^eyou shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, 8 but ^fyou 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 ^geye look grudgingly ^{▼▼Or be evil; also verse 10} on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he ⁱcry to the Lord against you, and ^jyou be guilty of sin. 10 You shall give to him freely, and ^kyour heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because ^lfor this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. 11 For ^mthere will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ⁿ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’

Acts 7:26

26 ^oAnd on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’

1 Corinthians 6:6-8

6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. ^pWhy not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even ^qyour own brothers! ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters}