For there will never be a time when there are no poor in the land; and so I give orders to you, Let your hand be open to your countrymen, to those who are poor and in need in your land.

A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

He who has pity on the poor gives to the Lord, and the Lord will give him his reward.

Put out your bread on the face of the waters; for after a long time it will come back to you again.

But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

But if you give to the poor such things as you are able, then all things are clean to you.

Give what property you have in exchange for money, and give the money to the poor; make for yourselves money-bags which will not get old, wealth stored up in heaven which will be yours for ever, where thieves will not come nor worms put it to destruction.

And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

And put it at the feet of the Apostles for distribution to everyone as he had need.

In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

And he who gives seed for putting into the field and bread for food, will take care of the growth of your seed, at the same time increasing the fruits of your righteousness;

And to do good, having wealth in good works, being quick to give, taking part with one another;

But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

In this we see what love is, because he gave his life for us; and it is right for us to give our lives for the brothers.

Righteousness

A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.

But be certain to give it back to him when the sun goes down, so that he may have his clothing for sleeping in, and will give you his blessing: and this will be put to your account as righteousness before the Lord your God.

So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.

And I say to you, Make friends for yourselves through the wealth of this life, so that when it comes to an end, you may be taken into the eternal resting-places.

For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.

Horn

By him will all the horns of the sinners be cut off; but the horns of the upright will be lifted up.

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

General references

And when you get in the grain from your land, do not let all the grain at the edges of the field be cut, and do not take up the grain which has been dropped in the field; let that be for the poor, and for the man from another country: I am the Lord your God.

And let some heads of grain be pulled out of what has been corded up, and dropped for her to take, and let no sharp word be said to her.

Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.