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.

General references

Bible References

The poor

Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord made them both.
Matthew 26:11
You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.
Mark 14:7
You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.
John 12:8
For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me.”

Thou shalt

Deuteronomy 15:8
Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him enough for whatever need he has.
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 12:33
Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Acts 2:45
They sold their possessions and property and distributed the proceeds to all, as anyone had a need.
Acts 4:32
Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
Acts 11:28
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine throughout the Roman world. This took place during the time of Claudius.
2 Corinthians 8:2
During a severe testing by affliction, their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the wealth of their generosity.
1 John 3:16
This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

General references

Luke 6:34
And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to be repaid in full.

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