If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother. But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. - Deuteronomy 15:7,8 |
Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. - Deuteronomy 16:17 |
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. - Proverbs 3:27 |
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. - Proverbs 19:17 |
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. - Proverbs 21:26 |
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. - Proverbs 22:9 |
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. - Proverbs 28:27 |
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. - Psalms 41:1 |
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. - Ecclesiastes 11:1 |
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Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. - Matthew 25:40 |
One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. - Mark 10:21 |
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. - Luke 6:38 |
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. - Luke 12:33 |
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. - Acts 20:35 |
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. - 1 Corinthians 13:1 |
Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. - 2 Corinthians 8:11,12 |
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - Galatians 6:9 |
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. - James 1:27 |
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. - 1 Peter 4:8 |
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? - 1 John 3:17 |