You shall surely give, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him; because that for this thing Yahweh your God will bless you in all your work, and in all that you put your hand to.
⛓ Read Deuteronomy 15 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Paul's prohibition of giving 'grudgingly or under compulsion' echoes the Deuteronomic command to give to the poor 'and your heart shall not be grudging when you give,' with the promise that the LORD will bless you for it. Coherence is strong because both texts attach divine favor to ungrudging almsgiving. Volume is moderate; the shared idea of the un-grudging heart is distinctive enough to exceed a commonplace.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
Paul's assurance that the cheerful giver is 'enriched in everything to all liberality' echoes the Deuteronomic promise that the LORD 'will bless you in all your work' because you give to the poor. Coherence with the chapter's almsgiving theology is good, but the verbal contact is slight, so volume is low. Marked contested as a continuation of the v.7 Deuteronomy stratum.
Low confidence