Job 31:16

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Deuteronomy 15:7-10

“If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother;

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and yearn for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do.

Job 5:16

“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

Job 20:19

“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

Job 22:7-9

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 112:9

He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes fail with longing for Your word,
While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 119:123

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation
And for Your righteous word.

Isaiah 38:14

“Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Lamentations 4:17

Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

Luke 16:21

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

Acts 11:29

And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.

Galatians 2:10

They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

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General references

Leviticus 23:22

Matthew 5:42

James 2:15

Bible References

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“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

He has given freely to the poor,

His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea.

They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.

General references

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the Lord your God.’”

Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,