Deuteronomy 24 Cross References - NSB

¹ »When a man marries a woman and later decides he does not love her because he found something he does not like about her he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house. ² »She leaves his house and becomes another man's wife. ³ »If the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, ⁴ »her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife. She has been defiled. That is an abomination before Jehovah, and you shall not bring sin on the land Jehovah your God gives you as an inheritance. ⁵ »A newly married man must not be drafted into the army or charged with any duty. He shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to the wife he has married. ⁶ »Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man’s livelihood. ⁷ »If a man is caught kidnapping any of his brothers of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, the thief shall die. You will purge the evil from among you. ⁸ »Stay away from the infection of leprosy. Diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you. I have commanded them, so be careful to obey. ⁹ »Remember what Jehovah your God did to Miriam on the road out of Egypt. ¹⁰ »When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort do not go into his house and repossess the security. ¹¹ »Remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan must bring the pledged security out to you. ¹² »If he is a poor man, do not keep the pledged security over night. ¹³ »Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down. He will have his pledged item and he may sleep. He will bless you. And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God. ¹⁴ »Do not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. ¹⁵ »Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin. ¹⁶ »Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers. Everyone shall be put to death for his own sin. ¹⁷ »Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan. Do not take a widow's garment in pledge. ¹⁸ »Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and that Jehovah your God redeemed you from there. I therefore command you to do this. ¹⁹ »When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰ »When you beat the olives from your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. ²¹ »When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. ²² »You must remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. I am commanding you to do this.

²⁴ This is the reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife. They will become one flesh.

⁶ He believed in Jehovah. Jehovah considered Abram’s faith as his righteousness.

³⁰ »That is why Benjamin must be with us when I go back to my father. He loves him so much

¹⁰ »If a man takes a second wife, he must continue to give his first wife the same amount of food and clothing and the same rights that she had before.

¹⁶ »Whoever kidnaps another person must be put to death regardless of whether he has sold the kidnapped person or still has him.

¹ »A man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it. He must pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. ² »If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guiltiness on his account. ³ »But if it happens after sunrise, he is guilty of murder. A thief must make up for what he has stolen. If he is unable to do so, he should be sold as a slave to pay for what he stole. ⁴ »If the stolen animal is found alive in his possession, whether it is a bull, donkey, or a sheep, he must make up for the loss with double the amount.

²¹ »Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. Remember that you were foreigners in Egypt. ²² »Do not mistreat any widow or orphan. ²³ »If you do, I, Jehovah, will answer them when they cry out to me for help, ²⁴ and I will become angry and kill you in war. Your wives will become widows, and your children will be fatherless.

²⁶ »If you take someone’s cloak as a pledge that he will pay you, you must give it back to him before the sunsets, ²⁷ for it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.

²⁷ for it is the only covering he has to keep him warm. What else can he sleep in? When he cries out to me for help, I will answer him because I am merciful.

² »Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.

⁶ »Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.

⁹ »Do not mistreat a foreigner. You know how it feels to be a foreigner. After all you were foreigners in Egypt.

² »Command the Israelites to send outside the camp anyone who has a serious skin disease or a discharge or anyone who is unclean from touching a dead body.

¹ Jehovah gave Moses and Aaron these regulations: ² »If any of you have a sore on your skin or a boil or an inflammation that could develop into a dreaded skin disease, you shall be brought to the priest. ³ »The priest will examine the sore. If the hairs in it have turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest will pronounce you unclean. ⁴ »If the sore is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin around it and the hairs have not turned white, the priest will isolate you for seven days. ⁵ »The priest will examine you again on the seventh day. If in his opinion the sore looks the same and has not spread, he will isolate you for another seven days. ⁶ »The priest will examine you again on the seventh day. If the sore has faded and has not spread, he will pronounce you ritually clean. It is only a sore. You will wash your clothes and be ritually clean. ⁷ »If the sore spreads after the priest has examined you and pronounced you clean, you must return to the priest again. ⁸ »The priest will examine you again. If it has spread, he will pronounce you unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease. ⁹ »If any of you have a dreaded skin disease, you should be brought to the priest. ¹⁰ »He will examine you. If there is a white sore on your skin that turns the hairs white and is full of pus, ¹¹ it is a chronic skin disease. The priest will pronounce you unclean. There is no need to isolate you. You are obviously unclean. ¹² »If the skin disease spreads and covers you from head to foot, ¹³ the priest should examine you again. If he finds that it actually has covered the whole body, he will pronounce you ritually clean. If your whole skin has turned white you are ritually clean. ¹⁴ »The moment an open sore appears you are unclean. ¹⁵ »The priest will examine you again. If he sees an open sore, he will pronounce you unclean. An open sore means a dreaded skin disease. You are unclean. ¹⁶ »When the sore heals and becomes white again, you should go to the priest. ¹⁷ »He will examine you again. If the sore has turned white you are ritually clean. The priest will pronounce you clean. ¹⁸ »If you have a boil that has healed ¹⁹ and if afterward a white swelling or a reddish-white spot appears where the boil was, you should go to the priest. ²⁰ »The priest will examine you. If the spot seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it have turned white, he will pronounce you unclean. It is a dreaded skin disease that has started in the boil. ²¹ »If the priest examines it and finds that the hairs in it have not turned white and that it is not deeper than the surrounding skin, but is light in color, the priest will isolate you for seven days. ²² »If the spot spreads the priest shall pronounce you unclean. You are diseased. ²³ »If it remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar left from the boil. The priest will pronounce you ritually clean. ²⁴ »In case any of you have been burned. If the raw flesh becomes white or reddish-white, ²⁵ the priest will examine it. If the hair on the affected area has turned white and the affected area looks deeper than the rest of the skin, an infectious skin disease has developed in the burn. The priest will pronounce you unclean. It is an infectious skin disease. ²⁶ »But if the priest examines it and the hair in it is not white and the affected area is not deeper than the rest of the skin but has faded, the priest must put you in isolation for seven days. ²⁷ »The priest will examine you again on the seventh day. If it is spreading it is a dreaded skin disease. The priest will pronounce you unclean. ²⁸ »If the spot remains unchanged and does not spread and is light in color, it is not a dreaded skin disease. The priest will pronounce you ritually clean, because it is only a scar from the burn. ²⁹ »When any of you, male or female, have a sore on your head or chin, ³⁰ the priest will examine it. If it seems to be deeper than the surrounding skin and the hairs in it are yellowish and thin, it is a dreaded skin disease. He will declare you unclean. ³¹ »If the priest examines you and finds the sore does not appear to be deeper than the surrounding skin, but there are still no healthy hairs in it, he will isolate you for seven days. ³² »The priest will examine the sore again on the seventh day. If it has not spread and there are no yellowish hairs in it and it does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin, ³³ you will shave the head accept the area around the sore. The priest will isolate you for another seven days. ³⁴ »The priest will again examine the sore on the seventh day. If it has not spread and does not seem to be deeper than the surrounding skin, he will declare you ritually clean. You will wash your clothes. You will be clean. ³⁵ »If the sore spreads after you have been pronounced clean, ³⁶ the priest will examine you again. If the sore has spread, he need not look for yellowish hairs. You are obviously unclean. ³⁷ »If in the priest's opinion the sore has not spread and healthy hairs are growing in it, the sore has healed. The priest will pronounce you ritually clean. ³⁸ »When you, male or female, have white spots on the skin, ³⁹ the priest shall examine you. If the spots are dull white, it is only a blemish that has broken out on the skin. You are ritually clean. ⁴⁰ »Loss of hair makes one bald not unclean. ⁴¹ »Hair losses from the forehead or the back of the head do not make one unclean. ⁴² »If a reddish-white sore appears on the bald spot, it is a dreaded skin disease. ⁴³ »The priest will examine you. If there is a reddish-white sore, ⁴⁴ the priest will declare you unclean. You have a dreaded skin disease on your head. ⁴⁵ »If you have a dreaded skin disease, you must wear torn clothes, leave your hair uncombed, cover the lower part of your face, and call out: Unclean, unclean! ⁴⁶ »You remain unclean as long as you have the disease. You must live outside the camp, away from others.

⁵⁷ »Then if the mildew reappears, it is spreading again, and the owner must burn the object.

² the following regulations about the ritual purification of those of you cured of a dreaded skin disease: »On the day you are to be pronounced clean, you should be brought to the priest.

⁹ »On the seventh day you should again shave your head, your beard, your eyebrows, and all the rest of the hair on your body. You should wash your clothes and take a bath. Then you will be ritually clean. ¹⁰ »The eighth day bring two male lambs and one female lamb a year old that are without any defects. Also bring five pounds of flour mixed with olive oil, and half a pint of olive oil.

²⁴ »‘Do not become unclean in any of these ways. By these practices all the nations that I am forcing out of your way have become unclean. ²⁵ »‘The land has become unclean. I will punish it for its sins. The land will vomit out those who live in it. ²⁶ »‘Live by my standards, and obey my rules. Neither you nor any foreigner should ever do any of these disgusting things. ²⁷ »‘The people of the land who were there before you did all these disgusting things. As a result, the land has become unclean. ²⁸ »‘If you make the land unclean, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the people who were there before you.

⁹ »‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you should not reap to the very corners of your field. You should not gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰ »‘Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

¹⁰ »‘Do not glean your vineyard. Do not gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. Leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am Jehovah your God.

¹³ »‘Do not oppress your neighbor and do not rob him. Do not fail to pay your workers at the end of each day.

⁷ »Never marry prostitutes, those who have lost their virginity, or divorced women because a priest is God's holy man.

¹⁴ »He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, a woman who has lost her virginity, or a prostitute. He may only marry a virgin from his own people.

¹³ »‘A widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependent may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.

²² »‘When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields. Do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left. Leave them for poor people and foreigners. Jehovah is your God.’«

³⁵ »‘If an Israelite becomes poor and cannot support himself, you should help him. He must live with you as a stranger without a permanent home. ³⁶ »‘Do not collect interest or make any profit from him. Respect your God by respecting other Israelites' lives. ³⁷ »‘Do not collect any interest on your money or on the food you give them. ³⁸ »‘I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out of Egypt to give you Canaan and to be your God. ³⁹ »‘If an Israelite becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not work him like a slave. ⁴⁰ »‘He will be like a hired worker or a visitor to you. He may work with you until the year of jubilee. ⁴¹ »‘Then you will release him and his children to go back to their family and the property of their ancestors. ⁴² »‘They are my servants. I brought them out of Egypt. They must never be sold as slaves. ⁴³ »‘Do not treat them harshly. Respect your God.

¹⁰ After the smoke left the tent, Miriam was covered with an infectious skin disease. She was as white as snow. Aaron turned to her and saw she was covered with the disease. ¹¹ He said to Moses: »Please, do not make us suffer this punishment for our foolish sin. ¹² »Do not let her become like something born dead with half its flesh eaten away.« ¹³ Therefore Moses cried out to Jehovah: »O God, heal her!« ¹⁴ Jehovah answered: »If her father had spit in her face, she would have to bear her disgrace for seven days. So let her be shut out of the camp for a week, and after that she can be brought back in.« ¹⁵ Miriam was shut out of the camp for seven days. The people did not move on until she was brought back in.

⁹ »A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she makes and every promise to abstain from something.

¹⁷ »You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

²⁵ »‘If we are careful to do these commandments before Jehovah our God, just as he ordered us, it will mean righteousness for us.’«

⁸ »You were chosen because Jehovah loved you and kept the oath he swore to your fathers. So he used his mighty hand to bring you out. He freed you from slavery under Pharaoh king of Egypt.

¹⁷ »Jehovah your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords! He is the great, the powerful, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. ¹⁸ »He executes justice for the orphan and the widow. He shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.

¹⁴ »‘The seventh day is the Sabbath of Jehovah your God: in it you should not do any work. Your son and daughter should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should not work. Your ox, donkey, cattle or any stranger living with you should not work. Your manservant and maidservant should rest as much as you do. ¹⁵ »‘Remember that you were servants in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah your God brought you out through a mighty act. Jehovah your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

¹⁵ »‘Remember that you were servants in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah your God brought you out through a mighty act. Jehovah your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

²⁹ »This food is for the Levites, since they own no property, and for the foreigners, orphans, and widows who live in your towns. They are to come and get all they need. Do this, and Jehovah your God will bless you in everything you do.

⁸ »Be generous to these poor people. Freely lend them as much as they need. Never be hardhearted and stingy with them. ⁹ »When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin.

⁹ »When the seventh year, the year when payments on debts are canceled, is near, you might be stingy toward poor Israelites and give them nothing. Be careful not to think these worthless thoughts. The poor will complain to Jehovah about you, and you will be condemned for your sin. ¹⁰ »Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.

¹⁰ »Give the poor what they need, because then Jehovah will make you successful in everything you do.

¹² »If you buy Israelites (your own brothers) as slaves, you must set them free after six years. ¹³ »Do not send him away empty handed when you set him free. ¹⁴ »Supply him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat. Give to him as Jehovah your God has blessed you. ¹⁵ »Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this today!

¹⁵ »Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this today! ¹⁶ »If he says to you: I will not leave you. If it is because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you, ¹⁷ then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door. He will be your servant for a very long time. You should do likewise to your maidservant. ¹⁸ »It should not seem hard to you when you set him free. After all he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man. Jehovah your God will bless you in whatever you do.

¹² »Remember that you were slaves in Egypt. Carefully obey these laws.

⁷ »Is there anyone here engaged to be married? If so, he should go home. Otherwise, if he is killed in battle, someone else will marry the woman he is engaged to.

¹⁹ »This is what you must do whenever you blockade a city for a long time in order to capture it in war. Do not harm any of its fruit trees with an ax. You may eat the fruit. Never cut those trees down, because the trees of the field are not people you have come to blockade.

¹⁵ »If a man have two wives and loves one more than the other. The first son of either wife is the man's first-born son, even if the boy's mother is the wife he does not love. A man near death and dividing up his property must give a double share to his first-born son. This is because he was the first to be born.

¹³ »If a man marries a woman and has sex with her and then turns against her,

¹⁹ »They will fine him a hundred shekels of silver. They will give it to the girl's father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. She will remain his wife. He may not divorce her all his days.

¹³ »Say before Jehovah your God: ‘I have removed the sacred portion from my house. I also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all your commandments that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed or forgotten any of your commandments.

¹⁹ »‘Cursed is he who withholds justice due an alien, orphan, and widow. The people all say: Amen.

¹⁹ »Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.

¹⁹ do to him what he planned to do to the other person. Get rid of this evil.

²⁹ The man who has sex with her must give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she will become his wife because he has violated her. He may not divorce her all his days.

³ »If the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,

⁶ »Do not take a hand mill or an upper millstone as security for a debt. That would be taking away a man’s livelihood.

¹³ »Return the pledge to him before the sun goes down. He will have his pledged item and he may sleep. He will bless you. And it will be righteousness for you before Jehovah your God.

¹⁵ »Pay him his wages on the workday day before the sunsets. He is poor and sets his heart on it. He will not complain against you to Jehovah and it becomes your sin.

¹⁷ »Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan. Do not take a widow's garment in pledge. ¹⁸ »Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and that Jehovah your God redeemed you from there. I therefore command you to do this. ¹⁹ »When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. ²⁰ »When you beat the olives from your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. ²¹ »When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again. It shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. ²² »You must remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. I am commanding you to do this.

¹⁷ »Do you remember our sin at Peor, when Jehovah punished his own people with an epidemic? We are still suffering because of that. Was that not enough sin? ¹⁸ »Are you going to refuse to follow him now? If you rebel against Jehovah now, he will be angry with everyone in Israel.

¹⁶ »Pull some heads of grain out of what has been corded up and drop them for her to take. Say no sharp word to her.«

³ »Here I am! Testify against me before Jehovah and before his anointed one. Whose bull have I stolen? Whose donkey have I taken? Have I cheated anyone? Have I oppressed any? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make it right.« ⁴ The people answered: »You have not cheated us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from anyone.«

³ Four men who were suffering from a dreaded skin disease were outside the gates of Samaria. They said to each other: »Why should we wait here until we die?

⁵ As soon as he firmly established the kingdom he immediately put to death those servants who had taken the life of his father, the king. ⁶ But he did not put their children to death. The orders of Jehovah recorded in the book of the law of Moses say: »The fathers are not to be put to death for the children, or the children for their fathers; but each man shall be put to death for his own sin.«

⁴ He did not execute their children. He obeyed Jehovah’s command written in the Book of Moses’ Teachings: »Parents must never be put to death for the crimes of their children, and children must never be put to death for the crimes of their parents. Each person must be put to death for his own crime.«

²⁰ When the chief priest Azariah and all the priests turned toward him, a skin disease was on his forehead. They rushed him away. Uzziah was in a hurry to get out because Jehovah had inflicted him with the disease. ²¹ King Uzziah had a skin disease until the day he died. Since he had a skin disease, he lived in a separate house and was barred from Jehovah’s Temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the royal palace and governed the country.

⁶ »You have indeed exacted pledges from your family for no reason, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

⁸ »The powerful possess the land, and the favored live in it. ⁹ »You have sent widows away empty-handed. You crush the arms of the orphans.

³ »They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

⁷ »They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. ⁸ »They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter. ⁹ »There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor. ¹⁰ »The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves. ¹¹ »Between their terraces they press out oil. They tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.

¹¹ »When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved.

¹¹ »When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved. ¹² »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.

¹² »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

¹³ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ »I put on righteousness and it clothed me. My justice was like a robe and a turban. ¹⁵ »I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. ¹⁶ »I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger. ¹⁷ »I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth.

¹³ »If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me ¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? ¹⁵ »Did the one who made me in the womb make them? And did that one fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

¹⁶ »If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ¹⁷ »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it,

¹⁷ »If I have eaten my morsel alone, and the orphan has not eaten from it, ¹⁸ for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow.

¹⁸ for from my youth I reared the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow. ¹⁹ »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering,

¹⁹ »If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or a poor person without covering, ²⁰ whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁰ whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate; ²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

³⁸ »If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together.

¹² Jehovah blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.

²⁸ »They forced the poor to cry out to him, and he hears the cry of those who suffer.

⁹ »Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry out. They call for help because of the arm of the mighty.

⁴ He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up (turned) to falsehood and has not sworn deceitfully.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) I offer myself to you, O Jehovah.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Blessed (happy) is the one who has concern for helpless people. Jehovah will rescue (save) him in times of trouble. ² Jehovah will guard him and keep him alive. He will be blessed in the land. Do not place him at the mercy of his enemies. ³ Jehovah will support him on his sickbed. You will restore him to health when he is ill.

⁴ Give me joy, O Jehovah, and lift me up.

³ O Jehovah, how long shall the wicked exult? ⁴ They utter speech. They speak arrogantly. All troublemakers brag about themselves. ⁵ They crush your people, O Jehovah. They make those who belong to you suffer. ⁶ They kill widows and foreigners, and they murder orphans.

²⁰ Can wicked rulers be allied with you? They frame mischief by decree (the law). ²¹ They join forces to take the lives of righteous people. They condemn innocent people to death.

¹ ([Psalm of Asaph]) God stands in the congregation of the mighty. He pronounces judgment among the god-like ones: (John 10:35) ² »How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked? ³ »Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor. ⁴ »Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.« ⁵ Wicked people do not know or understand anything. As they walk around in the dark, all the foundations of the earth shake.

³⁰ Phinehas stood between God and the people, and the plague was stopped. ³¹ Because of this, Phinehas was considered righteous forever, throughout every generation.

⁹ He gives freely to poor. His righteousness continues forever. His head is raised in honor.

²⁷ Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in the power of your hand to do it. ²⁸ If you can help them now, never tell your neighbors: »Wait until tomorrow.«

¹⁸ Let your fountain be blessed. Rejoice with the wife of your youth.

²⁴ There is one who scatters, and yet increases. There is one who withholds what is due and it leads to poverty. ²⁵ The liberal person will prosper. He who waters will be watered.

²¹ He who despises his neighbor sins. He who has mercy on the poor is happy.

³¹ He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker. He who honors his Maker has mercy for the poor.

¹⁷ When you help the poor (needy) (lowly) (depressed) you lend to Jehovah. He will pay you back.

¹⁶ He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. ²³ Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.

¹⁰ Do not remove the old landmark (boundry). And do not enter the field of the fatherless. ¹¹ Their redeemer is mighty. He will plead their cause with you.

⁵ They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

⁸ If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

⁹ Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity. That is your share in this life and in your labor under the sun.

¹⁵ »What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the face of the poor?« Declares Jehovah of Hosts.

⁷ I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

⁸ But the noble man devises noble plans. He stands firm for what is honorable.

²³ Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

¹⁵ He who walks righteously and speaks what is right, who rejects gain from extortion and keeps his hand from accepting bribes, who stops his ears against plots of murder and shuts his eyes against contemplating evil.

¹ This is what Jehovah says: »Where are your mother's divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.

¹ »Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek Jehovah. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug out.

⁷ »Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house? When you see the naked, should you cover him and not hide yourself from your own flesh? ⁸ »Your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will speedily spring forth. Your righteousness will go before you and the glory of Jehovah will be your rear guard.

⁸ »Your light will break out like the dawn. Your recovery will speedily spring forth. Your righteousness will go before you and the glory of Jehovah will be your rear guard. ⁹ »‘Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer! You will cry and he will say: ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, ¹⁰ and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then your light will rise in darkness and your gloom will be like midday. ¹¹ Jehovah will continually guide you. He will satisfy your desire in scorched places and give strength to your bones. You will be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

¹ It is said: »If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband should not go back to her again.« The land would become completely polluted. »You have behaved like a prostitute who has many lovers. Now you want to come back to me!« Says Jehovah.

⁸ »Judah saw that I sent unfaithful Israel away because of her adultery and that I gave Israel her divorce papers. But treacherous Judah, her sister, was not afraid. She also acted like a prostitute.

²⁸ »They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

²⁹ »When that time comes people will no longer say: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children’s teeth are set on edge.’ ³⁰ »Each person will die for his own sin. Whoever eats sour grapes will have his own teeth set on edge.«

³ This is what Jehovah says: »Judge fairly, and do what is right. Rescue those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, or widows, and do not oppress them. Do not kill innocent people in this place.

¹³ »Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice. Woe to him who uses his neighbor's services without pay and does not give him his wages.

⁷ ‘»if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

¹² ‘»He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He does not return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.

¹⁶ ‘»He does not oppress anyone. He does not keep the security for a loan. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to people who are hungry, and he gives clothes to those who are naked.

²⁰ ‘»The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity. The righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself. And the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

⁷ »‘»People in you hate their fathers and mothers. They oppress foreigners in you. They oppress orphans and widows in you.«’«

²⁹ ‘»The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.’

¹³ »‘»Japan, Tubal and Meshech were your traders. They paid for your merchandise with the lives of men and vessels of bronze.

¹⁵ and if he returns the security he took for a loan or gives back what he stole, if he stops sinning and follows the laws that give life, he will not die, but he will live.

²² »‘They must not marry widows or women who have been divorced. They may marry only virgins from the nation of Israel or widows of priests.’

²⁷ »Let my counsel be acceptable to you O King. Stop your sins by being righteous and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. May there be a lengthening of your prosperity.«

⁷ »They pant after the dust of the earth on the head of lowly (meek) persons. They reject the humble! A man and his father have sexual relations with the same maiden, to profane my holy name. ⁸ »They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken from indebtedness. In the house of their God they drink the wine they have confiscated.

¹ »Hear this word you cows of Bashan who live on the mountain of Samaria. You oppress the poor. You crush the needy. You say to your masters (husbands) (lords), »Bring us drink.«

⁷ You who turn justice to wormwood (a curse), and cast righteousness down to the earth ⁸ seek the creator of the cluster of stars named Pleiades and the star constellation Orion. He turns the shadow of death into morning, and makes the day dark with night. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth. Jehovah is his name! ⁹ He brings sudden destruction upon the strong. Destruction comes upon the fortress. ¹⁰ You hate the one who reproves in the gate, and abhor him who speaks the truth (with integrity). ¹¹ You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them. ¹² I know you have many transgressions and your sins are great. You afflict the righteous. You take bribes. You refuse to help the needy at the gate.

⁴ »Hear this, you who would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail.

¹ »Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands). ² »They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.«

³ They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.

¹⁰ »Do not oppress the widow. Do not oppress the fatherless. Do not oppress the stranger and do not oppress the poor. And you should not devise evil in your heart against your brother.

¹⁶ ‘»I hate divorce and he who covers his garment with violence,’ said Jehovah, the God of Israel. Jehovah of Hosts declares: ‘Guard yourselves and do not deal treacherously.’«

⁵ »I will approach you people for judgment! I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers and those acting fraudulently with the wages of the worker, the widow and the fatherless. I will be a speedy witness against those who swear falsely and take advantage of the stranger, and do not show me reverence,« said Jehovah of Hosts.

¹⁹ Her husband Joseph was an honorable man and did not want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the marriage agreement with her secretly.

³¹ »Again, it was said, ‘Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give her a certificate of divorce.’ ³² »I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery. And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits adultery.

³² »I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery. And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits adultery.

⁴ Jesus told him not to tell anyone. »Show yourself to the priests and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.«

⁴ He answered: »Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female? ⁵ »For this reason, a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. The two shall become one flesh. ⁶ »So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What God has joined together, let no man pull apart (separate)!« ⁷ They asked him: »Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, to send her away?« ⁸ He answered: »Moses allowed you to send your wives away because of your hardness of heart. It was not allowed from the beginning. ⁹ »I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication, and marries another, commits adultery. And he who marries her when she is divorced, commits adultery.«

⁸ »When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager: ‘Let the workers come and pay them from the last to the first.’

⁴⁴ »Do not talk to anyone along the way. Take the offering the Law of Moses requires for those healed of leprosy. That way everyone will have proof of your healing.«

⁴ They said: »Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.« ⁵ »He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,« Jesus replied. ⁶ »God made male and female from the beginning of creation.

⁶ »God made male and female from the beginning of creation. ⁷ »For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife.

⁷ »For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and unite with his wife. ⁸ »The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh.

⁸ »The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but one flesh. ⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).«

⁹ »That which God has joined together let not man take apart (separate).« ¹⁰ In the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹ He said: »He who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

¹¹ He said: »He who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. ¹² »If she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

¹⁹ »You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.«

¹⁴ Soldiers also asked him: »What must we do?« And he said: »Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.«

¹⁴ He told him to tell no one and go and show himself to the priest. Then he was to make a cleansing offering, just as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

³⁵ »Love your enemies and do good to them. Lend expecting nothing in return and your reward will be great. You will be sons of the Most High for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.

³⁸ »Give and it shall be given to you. You will receive a good measure. It will be pressed down, shaken together, running over and they will give it to you. For with the measure that you measure out it will be measured to you also.«

⁷ »Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different houses.

¹⁵ Jesus said: »Be careful, do not covet, for life does not come from your possessions.«

¹⁸ »A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery. The man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. [Jesus continued to tell illustrations.]

¹⁴ When he saw them he told them to go show themselves to the priests. They were cleansed on the way.

³² »Remember Lot’s wife!

¹³ »When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. ¹⁴ »You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you back. God will repay you on the day the good people rise from death.«

¹⁰ To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord commands do not let the wife depart from her husband. ¹¹ If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife.

¹¹ If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his wife. ¹² To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her.

¹² To the others, I speak and not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him he should not divorce her. ¹³ And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is willing to live with her, she should not divorce him. ¹⁴ For the wife sanctifies the unbelieving husband, and the husband sanctifies the unbelieving wife. Otherwise your children would be unclean. But now they are holy. ¹⁵ If the unbelieving leave, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases for God has called us to peace.

¹⁵ If the unbelieving leave, let him leave. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases for God has called us to peace.

²⁹ I will say this brothers the time remaining is short. So from now on those who have wives should be like those who have none.

⁸ I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your love. ⁹ For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

⁶ Now these things were examples for us. They teach us not to lust after evil things like they did.

¹¹ These things happened for examples, and they are written for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

⁶ He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows bountifully will reap bountifully. ⁷ Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make all grace abound toward you. You have plenty of everything you need and should abound in every good work.

¹³ The proof of this ministry is that they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the good news of Christ, and for your liberal sharing with them and all men. ¹⁴ They pray for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you.

²⁶ Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon your anger (rage).

¹ Therefore imitate God like beloved children. ² Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us. He was an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling odor.

²⁸ In this way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself. ²⁹ No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the congregation.

¹⁶ The Lord grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ When he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me. ¹⁸ May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of God in that day, and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, you know very well.

¹⁰ It is for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and everything else that is contrary to the sound teaching.

⁴ They may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, ⁵ to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that the word of God will not be (defamed) dishonored.

⁴ Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁷ Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.

⁶ You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you, and personally drag you into court?

¹³ For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment. ¹⁴ What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but he does not have works? Can that faith save him? ¹⁵ If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you says to them: »Go in peace, be warmed and filled;« and yet you do not give them food and clothing, what good is it? ¹⁷ Even so, faith without works is dead. It is alone and by itself! ¹⁸ A man will say: »You have faith and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.« ¹⁹ You believe that there is one God. You do well: the demons also believe, and shudder. ²⁰ Are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is useless (barren) (lifeless)? ²¹ Was Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? ²² You see that faith acted with his works, and works made faith perfect (complete). ²³ The scripture was fulfilled which says: »Abraham believed Jehovah and it was reckoned (imputed) (considered) (credited) to him for righteousness.« He was called »Jehovah’s friend« (Genesis 15:6) ( Isaiah 41:8).

¹⁷ Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the love of God dwell in him? ¹⁸ My Little children, let us not love in word, neither with the tongue; but in deed and truth. ¹⁹ By this we shall know we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before him.

¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (atonement) (sacrificial payment) for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

¹³ »cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots and slaves and humans

²² »The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.