Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Luke 11:41
But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all will be pure unto you.
John 16:20-22
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Acts 2:44-46
Now all who believed were together, and had all things common;
Galatians 2:10
only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
From sorrow
Sending portions
Bible References
From sorrow
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be very sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Sending portions
Luke 11:41
But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all will be pure unto you.
Acts 2:44
Now all who believed were together, and had all things common;
Galatians 2:10
only desiring that we would remember the poor??he very thing which I have also been diligent to perform.