Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.

General references

Bible References

Ye have

Deuteronomy 15:11
There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land.
Matthew 25:35
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
Matthew 26:11
For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!
John 12:7
So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.
2 Corinthians 9:13
Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.
Philemon 1:7
I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.
James 2:14
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
1 John 3:16
We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

But

John 13:33
Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same.
John 16:5
But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'
John 17:11
I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.
Acts 3:21
This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets.

General references

Proverbs 3:9
Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
James 2:15
If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,

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