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
General references
Bible References
The poor
Matthew 26:11
for the poor ye have always with you, but me ye have not always:
Mark 14:7
For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
John 12:8
For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.
Thou shalt
Matthew 5:42
Give to him that asketh thee; and from him who wants to borrow of thee, turn not away.
Luke 12:33
Sell all your possessions, and give in charity; make yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure never failing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor doth the moth destroy.
Acts 2:45
and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as every one had need.
Acts 4:32
And in the multitude of those that believed there was one heart and soul: and not one person said, that any part of his substance was his peculiar property; but all things were in common among them.
Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus, rising up, signified by the spirit that a great famine was coming upon the whole habitable globe: which also came in the reign of Claudius Caesar.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, hath more abounded to the riches of their liberality.
1 John 3:16
By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
General references
Luke 6:34
And if ye lend to those, from whom ye hope to receive back again, what thanks are due to you? for sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive an equivalent.