'When there is with thee any needy one of one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities, in thy land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, thou dost not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother;

The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,

Good is the man -- gracious and lending, He sustaineth his matters in judgment.

Honour Jehovah from thy substance, And from the beginning of all thine increase;

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Whoso is lending to Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Send forth thy bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days thou dost find it.

Is it not to deal to the hungry thy bread, And the mourning poor bring home, That thou seest the naked and cover him, And from thine own flesh hide not thyself?

A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

'Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to do them good, but me ye have not always;

But what ye have give ye as alms, and, lo, all things are clean to you.

And he said also to him who did call him, 'When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;

for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, 'Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;

and of the multitude of those who did believe the heart and the soul was one, and not one was saying that anything of the things he had was his own, but all things were to them in common.

And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

And we make known to you, brethren, the grace of God, that hath been given in the assemblies of Macedonia,

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

for we have much joy and comfort in thy love, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed through thee, brother.

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

in this we have known the love, because he for us his life did lay down, and we ought for the brethren the lives to lay down;

Thirsty

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

I was a

a stranger I was, and ye did not receive me; naked, and ye put not around me; infirm, and in prison, and ye did not look after me.

and he lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, three men standing by him, and he seeth, and runneth to meet them from the opening of the tent, and boweth himself towards the earth,

And two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- face to the earth,

and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, 'If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

to the necessities of the saints communicating; the hospitality pursuing.

salute you doth Gaius, my host, and of the whole assembly; salute you doth Erastus, the steward of the city, and Quartus the brother,

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

Let brotherly love remain;

hospitable to one another, without murmuring;

Beloved, faithfully dost thou do whatever thou mayest work to the brethren and to the strangers,

General references

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,