We might find ourselves in a similar situation one day. Before entering the Promised Land, the Israelites, who had been poor and weak in the land of Egypt, were reminded that they should not “harden [their] heart ” toward their afflicted brothers.
فَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا أَرْضَ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ ،‏ ذَكَّرَهُمْ يَهْوَهُ ‹ أَلَّا يُقَسُّوا قُلُوبَهُمْ › نَحْوَ إِخْوَتِهِمِ ٱلْبَائِسِينَ .‏