Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Bible References
Thou shalt
Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned.
Proverbs 21:13
The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.
Matthew 18:30
But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
1 John 3:16
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.