Deuteronomy 15:2 Cross References
Deuteronomy 15:2
2: This is how it must be done. Creditors must cancel the loans they have made to their fellow Israelites. They must not demand payment from their neighbors or relatives, for the LORD's time of release has arrived.
James 2:13
- For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God's mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
Luke 7:42
- But neither of them could repay him, so he kindly forgave them both, canceling their debts. Who do you suppose loved him more after that?"
Luke 6:34
- And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, what good is that? Even sinners will lend to their own kind for a full return.
- "Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.
- You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.
- "Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. Stop criticizing others, or it will all come back on you. If you forgive others, you will be forgiven.
- If you give, you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use in giving--large or small--it will be used to measure what is given back to you."
Matthew 18:25
- He couldn't pay, so the king ordered that he, his wife, his children, and everything he had be sold to pay the debt.
- But the man fell down before the king and begged him, 'Oh, sir, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.'
- Then the king was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
- "But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment.
- His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. 'Be patient and I will pay it,' he pleaded.
Isaiah 58:3
- `We have fasted before you!' they say. `Why aren't you impressed? We have done much penance, and you don't even notice it!'"I will tell you why! It's because you are living for yourselves even while you are fasting. You keep right on oppressing your workers.
Nehemiah 5:7
- After thinking about the situation, I spoke out against these nobles and officials. I told them, "You are oppressing your own relatives by charging them interest when they borrow money!" Then I called a public meeting to deal with the problem.
- At the meeting I said to them, "The rest of us are doing all we can to redeem our Jewish relatives who have had to sell themselves to pagan foreigners, but you are selling them back into slavery again. How often must we redeem them?" And they had nothing to say in their defense.
- Then I pressed further, "What you are doing is not right! Should you not walk in the fear of our God in order to avoid being mocked by enemy nations?
- I myself, as well as my brothers and my workers, have been lending the people money and grain, but now let us stop this business of loans.
- You must restore their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and homes to them this very day. Repay the interest you charged on their money, grain, wine, and olive oil."
Amos 8:4
- Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample the needy!
- You can't wait for the Sabbath day to be over and the religious festivals to end so you can get back to cheating the helpless. You measure out your grain in false measures and weigh it out on dishonest scales.
- And you mix the wheat you sell with chaff swept from the floor! Then you enslave poor people for a debt of one piece of silver or a pair of sandals.
Matthew 6:14
- "If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.
- But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Matthew 6:12
- and forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who have sinned against us.