Deuteronomy 15:11
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.
Matthew 26:11
The poor are always with you, but I am not always with you.
Mark 14:7
You always have the poor with you and you can do them good. You do not always have me.
John 12:8
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.
Deuteronomy 15:8
Be generous to these poor people. Freely lend them as much as they need. Never be hardhearted and stingy with them.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor meet together (are alike) (have a common bond) for Jehovah created them both.
Matthew 5:42
Give to those who ask. Lend to those who borrow.
Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.
Acts 2:45
They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts 4:32-35
The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind. No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was common property.
Acts 11:28-30
One of them was named Agabus. He indicated through the Spirit that a great famine was about to come on the entire earth. He said it would come to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
2 Corinthians 8:2-9
Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity.
1 John 3:16-18
By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.