1 John 3:17

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1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person?

1 John 4:20

If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.

Isaiah 58:7-10

I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

Hebrews 13:16

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Proverbs 19:17

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

Luke 3:11

John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise."

James 2:15

If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

Deuteronomy 15:7-11

If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 28:9

The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, 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, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

2 Corinthians 8:14-15

At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality,

Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.

1 Timothy 6:17-18

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father 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

If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition.

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise."

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

Shutteth

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

How

If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot 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 loves the child fathered by him.

General references

So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"

Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;

Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.

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

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

This I command you -- to love one another.

Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another.