Quotes about Compassion
Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
— Deuteronomy 23:16
Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
— Deuteronomy 23:19
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
— Deuteronomy 24:12
be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
— Deuteronomy 24:13
Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
— Deuteronomy 24:14
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
— Deuteronomy 24:15
Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
— Deuteronomy 24:17
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
— Deuteronomy 24:19
When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
— Deuteronomy 24:20
When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
— Deuteronomy 24:21
Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
— Deuteronomy 24:22
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
— Deuteronomy 25:3