Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Withheld

Job 22:7
You gave no water to the thirsty
and withheld food from the famished,
Deuteronomy 15:7
“If there is a poor person among you, one of your brothers within any of your gates in the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother.
Psalm 112:9
He distributes freely to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.
His horn will be exalted in honor.
Luke 16:21
He longed to be filled with what fell from the rich man’s table, but instead the dogs would come and lick his sores.
Acts 11:29
So each of the disciples, according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea.
Galatians 2:10
They asked only that we would remember the poor, which I made every effort to do.

General references

Leviticus 23:22
When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.”
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

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