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 whenever ye will, ye can do good to them; 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 of thee; and from him that would borrow of thee, turn not away.
Luke 12:33
Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.
Acts 2:45
and they sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as any one had need.
Acts 4:32
And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart, and of one soul; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Acts 11:28
And one of them named Agabus stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there was about to be a great famine over the whole world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that under a great trial of distress the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty increased the riches of their liberality;
1 John 3:16
Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; 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 expect to receive, what thanks do ye deserve? even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much in return.