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
There will always be some Israelites who are poor and needy. That is why I am commanding you to be generous with them.
Nehemiah 8:10
He said to them: Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready. This day is holy to our Lord. Let there be no grief in your hearts. The joy of Jehovah is your strong place.
Luke 11:41
Give that which is within as charity. Then all things are clean for you.
John 13:29
Some thought Judas was going to shop for food for the feast or give something to the poor. Judas was in charge of the moneybox.
Acts 4:32
The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind. No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was common property.
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Leviticus 23:22
When you harvest your fields, do not cut the grain at the edges of the fields. Do not go back to cut the heads of grain that were left. Leave them for poor people and foreigners. Jehovah is your God.'
Matthew 5:42
Give to those who ask. Lend to those who borrow.
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily food,