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 always have with you; but Me ye have not always.
Mark 14:7
for the poor ye always have with you; and whensoever ye will, ye can do them good; but Me ye have not always.
John 12:8
for the poor ye always have with you, but Me ye have not always."
Thou shalt
Matthew 5:42
Give to him asking you; and from him who wishes to borrow of you turn not away.
Luke 12:33
Sell what ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses that grow not old, a treasure unfailing in Heaven, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts;
Acts 2:45
and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were distributing them to all, according as any one had need.
Acts 4:32
And the heart and soul of the multitude of those who believed were one; and not even one was saying that any of the things belonging to him was his own, but they had all things common.
Acts 11:28
and one of them??gabus by name??tanding up, signified through the Spirit that there was about to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth; which, indeed, happened under Claudius.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that, in much trial of tribulation, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.
1 John 3:16
In this we have known the love, that He laid down His soul in our behalf; and we ought to lay down our souls in behalf of the brethren.
General references
Luke 6:34
"And, if ye lend to those from whom ye hope to receive, what charm have you? even the sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive back as much.