Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
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Deuteronomy 15:11
For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”
Luke 11:41 But give from what is within to the poor, and then everything is clean for you.
John 13:29
Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32
Now the large group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.
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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