Language
Proverbs
14:21 -
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs
19:17 -
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs
22:9 -
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs
28:27 -
He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Matthew
5:42 -
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Matthew
19:21 -
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Luke
3:11 -
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Luke
6:20 -
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke
6:21 -
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Luke
6:38 -
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.
Acts
2:45 -
And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts
20:35 -
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.
2 Corinthians
8:9 -
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
2 Corinthians
9:7 -
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Galatians
2:10 -
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
James
1:27 -
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
2:5 -
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
James
2:6 -
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
James
2:15 -
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
James
2:16 -
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Deuteronomy
15:7 -
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:
Deuteronomy
15:11 -
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Psalms
12:5 -
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms
37:25 -
I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms
41:1 -
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms
82:3 -
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms
82:4 -
Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
112:9 -
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Proverbs
29:7 -
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
Isaiah
58:7 -
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
1 John
3:17 -
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
3:18 -
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.