James 2:15

Faith And Works

¹⁴ What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him? ¹⁵ And if a brother or sister may be unclothed, and may be destitute of daily food, ¹⁶ and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit?

Daily Bread

No

Luke 3:11

And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.

Job 31:16-21

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Isaiah 58:7

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

Isaiah 58:10

and if thou draw out thy soul to a hungry man, and satisfy an afflicted soul, then thy light shall rise in darkness, and thine obscurity be as the noonday.

Ezekiel 18:7

and has not wronged any man, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to a hungry man, and has covered a naked man with a garment,

Matthew 25:35-40

For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat. I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink. I was a stranger, and ye took me in,

Mark 14:7

For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.

Acts 9:29

And he spoke and disputed against the Hellenists, but they attempted to destroy him.

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed apart, they were tempted, they died in murder by sword. They wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, restricted, tormented

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?