1 John 3:17

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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 brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

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

And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise.

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Shutteth

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

How

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of 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 rebuke her not.

Honor Jehovah with thy substance, And with the first-fruits of all thine increase:

Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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, that ye may love one another.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.