Matthew 14:16

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

2 Kings 4:42-44

Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.”

Job 31:16-17

“If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
Or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief],

Proverbs 11:24

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Give a portion to seven, or even [divide it] to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

Luke 3:11

And John replied, “The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do the same.”

John 13:29

Some thought that, since Judas [as the treasurer of the group] had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he was to give something to the poor.

2 Corinthians 8:2-3

for during an ordeal of severe distress, their abundant joy and their deep poverty [together] overflowed in the wealth of their lavish generosity.

2 Corinthians 9:7-8

Let each one give [thoughtfully and with purpose] just as he has decided in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver [and delights in the one whose heart is in his gift].

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