Deuteronomy 15:9
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
חָשַׁב
châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious...
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
שָׁמַט
shâmaṭ
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
רַע
raʻ
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
עָנִי
ʻânîy
depressed, in mind or circumstances
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
מְאוּמָה
mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →שָׁמַט shâmaṭ
to fling down; incipiently to jostle; figuratively, to let alone, desist, remit
Study H8058 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מְאוּמָה mᵉʼûwmâh
properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
Study H3972 →חָשַׁב châshab
properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, ...
Study H2803 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
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.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
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...
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.
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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;
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
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