Matthew 5:4
"Happy are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted,
Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things within; and, behold, all things are clean to you.
John 16:20-22
Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: ye will be made sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Acts 2:44-46
And all who believed were together, and were holding all things common;
Galatians 2:10
only they desired that we should remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do.
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
"Happy are those who mourn: because they shall be comforted,
John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: ye will be made sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Sending portions
Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things within; and, behold, all things are clean to you.
Acts 2:44
And all who believed were together, and were holding all things common;
Galatians 2:10
only they desired that we should remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do.