1 John 3:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brothers, within any of thy gates in thy land which LORD thy God gives thee, thou shall not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother,

He who has pity upon a poor man lends to LORD, and he will repay him his good deed.

Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.

Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go ahead to you, and arrange in advance your gift that was earlier announced, for this to be ready this way as a gift and not as an exaction.

Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

Shutteth

A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

How

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

Every man who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been begotten from God, and every man who loves him who begot, also loves him who has been begotten from him.

General references

Love ye therefore the sojourner, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

And also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and do not rebuke her.

Honor LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase,

Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.

Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee.

For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink,

These things I command you, so that ye may love each other.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.