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 the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
Luke 11:41
But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
John 13:29
For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
Acts 4:32
And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and soul: and not one of them'said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
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Leviticus 23:22
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.
Matthew 5:42
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked and in lack of daily food,