Deuteronomy 15:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

The poor

Thou shalt

General references

Luke 6:34

Bible References

The poor

The rich and poor have a common bond;
The Lord is the Maker of them all.

For you always have the poor with you; but you will not always have Me.

For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do something good to them; but you will not always have Me.

You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

Thou shalt

but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend to him whatever he needs.

Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.

“Sell your possessions (show compassion) and give [donations] to the poor. Provide money belts for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing and inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

And they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing the proceeds with all [the other believers], as anyone had need.

Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one [of them] claimed that anything belonging to him was [exclusively] his own, but everything was common property and for the use of all.

One of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the [Holy] Spirit that a severe famine would come on the entire world. And this did happen during the reign of Claudius.

for during an ordeal of severe distress, their abundant joy and their deep poverty [together] overflowed in the wealth of their lavish generosity.

By this we know [and have come to understand the depth and essence of His precious] love: that He [willingly] laid down His life for us [because He loved us]. And we ought to lay down our lives for the believers.

General references

If you lend [money] to those from whom you expect to receive [it back], what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners expecting to receive back the same amount.