Isaiah 58:7

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Summary

Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

To deal

Bring

Hebrews 13:2

Thine own

1 John 3:17

General references

Bible References

To deal

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

Thou causest not the weary to drink water, And from the hungry thou withholdest bread.

(But from my youth He grew up with me as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I am led.)

He hath scattered -- hath given to the needy, His righteousness is standing for ever, His horn is exalted with honour.

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

But what ye have give ye as alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, 'Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

And this: He who is sowing sparingly, sparingly also shall reap; and he who is sowing in blessings, in blessings also shall reap;

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

Bring

Bring ye in counsel, do judgment, Make as night thy shadow in the midst of noon, Hide outcasts, the wanderer reveal not.

and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

and he saith, 'Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, 'Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

And the old man saith, 'Peace to thee; only, all thy lack is on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

of the hospitality be not forgetful, for through this unawares certain did entertain messengers;

Thine own

And Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, 'Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as one mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which is good for you -- the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? -- and ye have remembered that I am your bone and your flesh.'

and now, as the flesh of our brethren is our flesh, as their sons are our sons, and lo, we are subduing our sons and our daughters for servants, and there are of our daughters subdued, and our hand hath no might, and our fields and our vineyards are to others.'

And he said unto him, 'In the law what hath been written? how dost thou read?'

and whoever may have the goods of the world, and may view his brother having need, and may shut up his bowels from him -- how doth the love of God remain in him?

General references

And in your reaping the harvest of your land thou dost not complete the corner of thy field in thy reaping, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I Jehovah am your God.'

If I see any perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back.

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,