1 John 3:17

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1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world's material possessions and observes his brother {in need} and shuts his heart against him, how does the love of God reside in him?

1 John 4:20

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen is not able to love God whom he has not seen.

Isaiah 58:7-10

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

Hebrews 13:16

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Proverbs 19:17

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

Luke 3:11

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

James 2:15

If a brother or a sister is poorly clothed and lacking food for the day,

If [there] is a poor [person] among you from [among] one of your brothers in one of your {towns} that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you, you shall not harden your heart, and you shall not shut your hand toward {your brother who is poor}.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

Proverbs 28:9

He who turns his ear from listening to instruction, even his prayer [is] an abomination.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:14-15

At the present time your abundance [will be] for their need, in order that their abundance may also be for your need, so that there may be equality,

2 Corinthians 9:5-9

Therefore I considered [it] necessary to urge the brothers that they should go on ahead to you and make arrangements in advance for your generous gift that was promised previously, so this would be prepared as a generous gift and not as grudgingly granted.

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.

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Summary

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?

Whoso

Shutteth

Proverbs 12:10

How

1 John 4:20

1 John 5:1

General references

Bible References

Whoso

He who lends to Yahweh [is] he who is kind to the poor, and his benefits he will repay to him.

[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.

And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that [although he] was rich, for your sake he became poor, in order that you, by his poverty, may become rich.

Command those [who are] rich in this present age not to be proud and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, who provides us all [things] richly for enjoyment,

And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Shutteth

The righteous knows the life of his animal, but the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

How

If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar, for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen is not able to love God whom he has not seen.

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves {the father} also loves the [child] fathered by him.

General references

And you shall love the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

And also pull out for her from your bundles and leave [it] so that she may glean--and do not rebuke her."

Honor Yahweh from your substance, and from the firstfruits of all that will come to you,

Rescue those who are led away to the death and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,

Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

For I was hungry and you did not give me [anything] to eat, I was thirsty and you did not give me [anything] to drink,

These [things] I command you: that you love one another.

Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.