SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:9
Guárdate que no haya en tu corazón perverso pensamiento, diciendo: Cerca está el año séptimo, el de la remisión; y tu ojo sea maligno sobre tu hermano menesteroso para no darle; porque él clamará contra ti al SEÑOR, y te será por pecado.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 15:9
Verse 9. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart] l[ylb ûbbl lebabecha beliyaal, thy belial heart, that is, thy good-for-nothing or unprofitable heart; See on "chap. xiii. 13". And thine eye be evil] An evil eye signifies a covetous disposition. See the same form of expression used by our Lord in the same sense. Matt. vi. 23. If thine eye be evil-If thou be a covetous person. Evil eye is by our Lord opposed to single eye, i. e., a person of a liberal, benevolent mind.
Covetousness darkens the soul; liberality and benevolence enlighten it.
And he cry unto the Lord against thee] What a consolation to the poor and the oppressed, that they have a sure friend in God, who will hear their cry and redress their grievances!
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart , etc.] “Or, thy heart of Belial” f166 ; thy worthless heart, and which is without a yoke not subjected to the law of God, as every carnal heart is; and in which Belial, Satan, the prince of this world, works effectually, and inclines to evil thoughts, afflictions, and desires, which are to be guarded against: saying, the seventh year, the year of release, is at hand : perhaps next year, or within a few months: and thine eye be evil against thy brother, and thou give him nought ; being of an uncompassionate and covetous disposition, shall refuse to give or lend him anything on this consideration, because the year of release will quickly come, when, if poor and unable to pay him, he would be obliged to release his debt: and he cry unto the Lord against thee ; go to the throne of grace, and in prayer bring a charge, and lodge a complaint of unkindness and uncharitableness: and it be a sin unto thee; the Lord shall reckon it as a sin, a very heinous one, and call to an account for it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - This year of release typified the grace of the gospel, in which i proclaimed the acceptable year of the Lord; and by which we obtain the release of our debts, that is, the pardon of our sins. The law i spiritual, and lays restraints upon the thoughts of the heart. We mistake, if we think thoughts are free from God's knowledge and check That is a wicked heart indeed, which raises evil thoughts from the goo law of God, as theirs did, who, because God had obliged them to the charity of forgiving, denied the charity of giving. Those who woul keep from the act of sin, must keep out of their minds the very though of sin. It is a dreadful thing to have the cry of the poor justl against us. Grudge not a kindness to thy brother; distrust not the providence of God. What thou doest, do freely, for God loves a cheerfu giver, 2Co 9:7.
Original Hebrew
השׁמר 8104 לך פן 6435 יהיה 1961 דבר 1697 עם 5973 לבבך 3824 בליעל 1100 לאמר 559 קרבה 7126 שׁנת 8141 השׁבע 7651 שׁנת 8141 השׁמטה 8059 ורעה 7489 עינך 5869 באחיך 251 האביון 34 ולא 3808 תתן 5414 לו וקרא 7121 עליך 5921 אל 413 יהוה 3068 והיה 1961 בך חטא׃ 2399
