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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Deuteronomy 15:10

Neither. Hebrew, "thy heart shall not be evil in giving: for to this end the Lord....hath blessed thee." Imitate his clemency. --- Hand, in all thy undertakings and possessions.

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See also Deuteronomy 15:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The year of release is no doubt identical with the sabbatical year of the earlier legislation (Exodus 23:10 ff, and Leviticus 25:2 ff), the command of the older legislation being here amplified. The r...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    11. THE YEAR OF RELEASE AND LIBERATION OF HEBREW SLAVES CHAPTER 15:1-18 _ 1. The year of release (Deuteronomy 15:1)_ 2. The liberation of the Hebrew slaves (Deuteronomy 15:12) The poor and those wh...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Three laws in the interest of the poor: the Sabbatical year, or year of release (p. 102, Exodus 21:2 *, Leviticus 25:39 *). Deuteronomy 15:1. Every seventh year (probably the same year was observed th...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thine heart shall not be grieved_, etc.] _God loveth a cheerful giver_(2 Corinthians 9:7). _puttest thine hand unto_ See on Deuteronomy 12:7....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    One of the most beautiful as it is one of the most characteristic passages in the laws of D: illustrating not only the humane spirit, and the practical thoughtfulness of this code, but its extension o...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 208 THE DUTY OF CHARITY ENFORCED Deuteronomy 15:7. If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shal...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (3) THE POOR (Deuteronomy 15:7-11) 7 If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON TWELVE DEUTERONOMY 14:22 TO DEUTERONOMY 15:23 c. DIFFERENCES IN ECONOMIC PRACTICES (Deuteronomy 14:22 to...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IF THERE BE AMONG YOU A POOR MAN OF ONE OF THY BRETHREN WITHIN ANY OF THY GATES IN THY LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVETH THEE, THOU SHALT NOT HARDEN THINE HEART, NOR SHUT THINE HAND FROM THY POOR BR...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    15:10 evil-disposed (d-13) Or 'grieved.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SABBATICAL YEAR This chapter deals with the year of release, or the Sabbatical Year, and should be compared with Leviticus 25. In addition to the rest for the land and the manumission of Hebrew sl...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    'The Lord loveth a cheerfui giver.' 1. The ideal state of matters is contemplated in Deuteronomy 15:4 : here we have the actual fact. There will always be poor people, but poverty will be exceptional,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 15 V1 ‘At the end of every 7 years, you must cancel debts. V2 This is what you must do. Everyon...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU SHALT SURELY GIVE. — “Even a hundred times.” HIM. — “Between thee and him alone.” (Comp. “Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth” in Matthew 6:3). I have thought it worth while to b...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    נָתֹ֤ון תִּתֵּן֙ לֹ֔ו וְ לֹא ־יֵרַ֥ע לְבָבְךָ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have provision made for the relief of the poor and the less fortunate at regularly stated intervals. The great ideal is revealed in the words, "There shall be no poor with thee." This, however...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a gracious provision hath the LORD of our salvation made, in guarding against evil! The heart is wicked, and David saith of himself that it was the transgression of the wicked which spake within...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 AND 15. Chapter 14 forbids that the people, as being the children of the living God, should imitate the profane customs which indicated the devotedness of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU SHALL SURELY GIVE HIM,.... Or lend to him; though lending in such a case and circumstances, that person being extremely poor, and the year of release at hand, is the same as giving. Jarchi remark...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Beware_ Suppress the first risings of such uncharitableness. _ And thine eye be evil_ Envious, unmerciful, unkind, as this phrase means, Proverbs 23:6; that is, thou grudge to relieve him. The opposi...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [RELEASING DEBTS.] 1 The seuenth yeere a yeere of release for the poore. 7 It must be no let of lending or giuing. 12 An Ebrew seruant, 16 except hee will not depart, must in the seuenth yeere goe...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him, be filled with ill will and resentment against the poorer neighbor, BECAUSE THAT FOR THIS THING THE LORD, TH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    SEVENTH YEAR RELEASE OF DEBTS (vs.1-6) Out of compassion for the poor God required creditors to release debtors from their debts at the end of seven years. This surely reminds us of the grace of God...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 This year of release typified the grace of the gospel, in which is proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord; and by which we obtain the release of our debts, that is, the pardon of our sins. T...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THINE HEART SHALL NOT BE GRIEVED WHEN THOU GIVEST UNTO HIM, i.e. thou shalt give not only with an open hand, but with a willing and cheerful mind and heart, ROMANS 12:8 2 CORINTHIANS 9:9, without whic...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. And this is the manner of the release. Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his n...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 15:10 surely H5414 (H8800) give H5414 (H8799) heart H3824 grieved H3415 (H8799) give H5414 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE POVERTY-STRICKEN DEBTOR IS NOT TO BE DESPISED (DEUTERONOMY 15:7). Having laid down the law for the relief of debtors the question of those who might seek to avoid it is now raised. They are not t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning Sabbatic year and bondservants. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: That we who have received in abundance from God should be rigorous and severe in our demands from poor b...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 15:1. _A release_ of all debts, as well as of servitude, at the end of the sixth year, to the poor who cannot pay. This is much the same as the English law of cancelling bookdebts at the e...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Save when there shall be no poor among you._ RURAL POVERTY These two sentences (Deuteronomy 15:4; Deuteronomy 11:1) seem, at first sight, to contradict one another. There are three ways of reading t...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:1__ The laws in these verses relate to the sabbatical year. See Exodus 23:10 and...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 15:9 If the sabbatical year is close, loans are less likely to be repaid, but the one asked to lend should have no such UNWORTHY THOUGHT in his HEART. Verse...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.—The rules for the relief of the poor (Levites, strangers, widows, and orphans) by the triennial tithe are followed by others which forbid oppression. DEUTERONOMY 15:1. Seven years. Dur...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE YEAR OF RELEASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DEBTORS AND THE EMANCIPATION OF HEBREW SLAVES. THE SANCTIFICATION OF THE FIRSTBORN...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter fifteen, At the end of every seven years you're to make a release (Deuteronomy 15:1). All of the debts were to be forgiven in the seventh year. Now, you're not to demand it again after the se...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 4:11; 1 Timothy 6:18; 1 Timothy 6:19; 2 Corinthians 9:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thine heart shall not be grieved — That is, thou shalt give, not only with an open hand, but with a willing and chearful mind, without which thy very charity is uncharitable, and not accepted by God....

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