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
Bible References
The poor
Proverbs 22:2
Whether riches or poverty do meet us, it cometh all of God.
Matthew 26:11
For ye shall have poor folk always with you: but me shall ye not have always.
Mark 14:7
For ye shall have poor with you always: and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye shall not have always.
John 12:8
The poor always shall ye have with you, but me shall ye not always have."
Thou shalt
Deuteronomy 15:8
But open thine hand unto him and lend him sufficient for his need which he hath.
Matthew 5:42
Give to him that asketh, and from him that would borrow, turn not away.
Luke 12:33
Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.
Acts 2:45
And sold their possessions and goods, and departed them to all men, as every man had need.
Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed, were of one heart; And of one soul. Also, none of them said that any of the things which he possessed was his own: But had all things common.
Acts 11:28
And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the spirit, that there should be great dearth throughout all the world, which came to pass in the Emperor Claudius' days.
2 Corinthians 8:2
how that the abundance of their rejoicing is, that they are tried with much tribulation. And thereto, though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness.
1 John 3:16
Hereby are we assured of love: because he left his life for us: And therefore we ought also to give our lives for our brethren.
General references
Luke 6:34
If ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive: what thank shall ye have: for the very sinners, lend to sinners, to receive as much again.