If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;

the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

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

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Isn't it to distribute your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor who are cast out to your house? When you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you not hide yourself from your own flesh?

and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want to, you can do them good; but you will not always have me.

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.

For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.

The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.

As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

Moreover, brothers, we make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the assemblies of Macedonia;

Let each man give according as he has determined in his heart; not grudgingly, or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

Charge those who are rich in this present world that they not be haughty, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on the living God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy;

For we have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

But don't forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

Thirsty

for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat. If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:

Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."

I was a

I was a stranger, and you didn't take me in; naked, and you didn't clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn't visit me.'

He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.

contributing to the needs of the saints; given to hospitality.

Gaius, my host and host of the whole assembly, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, as does Quartus, the brother.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

Let brotherly love continue.

Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

General references

Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

for I was hungry, and you didn't give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;

And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,