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 you have with you always, but me you will not always have.
Mark 14:7
She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor among you, and can show them kindness whenever you wish, but me you will not always have.
John 12:8
for the poor you have with you always, but me you have not always."
Thou shalt
Matthew 5:42
"Give to him who asks, and from him who wants to borrow from you, do not turn away.
Luke 12:33
"Sell what you have and give alms. Provide yourselves with purses which do not grow old, a treasure inexhaustible in the heavens, where no thief draws near, nor does moth destroy.
Acts 2:45
They would sell their lands and other property, and distribute the proceeds among all, just as any one from time had need.
Acts 4:32
Now the multitude of the believers was of one heart and one soul, nor did any one of them say that any of his possessions was his own; but they had all things common.
Acts 11:28
One of them, who was Agabus, rose up, and being instructed by the Spirit, predicted that a great famine was about to come upon the whole inhabited earth. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)
2 Corinthians 8:2
For although in heavy trial of affliction, their overbrimming happiness, even in spite of their deep poverty, abounded to the opulence of their unselfishness.
1 John 3:16
By this we learn to know love, because he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
General references
Luke 6:34
"And if you lend to those from whom you are hoping to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so as to get as much back.