Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Withheld

Job 22:7
“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.
Deuteronomy 15:7
“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;
Psalm 112:9
He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.
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.

General references

Leviticus 23:22
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.’”
Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,