Deuteronomy 15:9
Context15:9 Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude 1 be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite 2 and you do not lend 3 him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. 4
Proverbs 23:6
Context23:6 Do not eat the food of a stingy person, 5
do not crave his delicacies;
Proverbs 28:22
Context28:22 The stingy person 6 hastens after riches
and does not know that poverty will overtake him. 7
Matthew 20:15
Context20:15 Am I not 8 permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ 9
[15:9] 2 tn Heb “your needy brother.”
[15:9] 3 tn Heb “give” (likewise in v. 10).
[15:9] 4 tn Heb “it will be a sin to you.”
[23:6] 5 tn Heb “an evil eye.” This is the opposite of the “good eye” which meant the generous man. The “evil eye” refers to a person who is out to get everything for himself (cf. NASB, NCV, CEV “selfish”). He is ill-mannered and inhospitable (e.g., Prov 28:22). He is up to no good – even though he may appear to be a host.
[28:22] 6 tn Heb “a man with an evil eye” (as opposed to the generous man who has a “good” eye). This individual is selfish, unkind, unsympathetic to others. He looks only to his own gain. Cf. NAB “The avaricious man”; NLT “A greedy person.”
[28:22] 7 sn The one who is hasty to gain wealth is involved in sin in some way, for which he will be punished by poverty. The idea of “hastening” after riches suggests a dishonest approach to acquiring wealth.
[20:15] 8 tc ‡ Before οὐκ (ouk, “[am I] not”) a number of significant witnesses read ἤ (h, “or”; e.g., א C W 085 Ë1,13 33 and most others). Although in later Greek the οι in σοι (oi in soi) – the last word of v. 14 – would have been pronounced like ἤ, since ἤ is lacking in early