For there will never cease to be poor people in the land; that is why I am commanding you, ‘You must willingly open your hand to your afflicted and poor brother in your land.’

One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.

Kindness to the poor is a loan to the Lord,
and He will give a reward to the lender.

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,
for after many days you may find it.

But a noble person plans noble things;
he stands up for noble causes.

Is it not to share your bread with the hungry,
to bring the poor and homeless into your house,
to clothe the naked when you see him,
and not to ignore your own flesh and blood?

You always have the poor with you, and you can do what is good for them whenever you want, but you do not always have Me.

But give from what is within to the poor,

and then everything is clean for you.

Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Make money-bags for yourselves that won’t grow old, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.

When Jesus heard this, He told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

Since Judas kept the money-bag, some thought that Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.

and laid them at the apostles’ feet. This was then distributed for each person’s basic needs.

In every way I’ve shown you that by laboring like this, it is necessary to help the weak and to keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus, for He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality.

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though He was rich, for your sake He became poor, so that by His poverty you might become rich.

Now the One who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

Instruct them to do what is good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, willing to share,

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

If a brother or sister is without clothes and lacks daily food

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

Righteousness

Wealth and riches are in his house,
and his righteousness endures forever.

Be sure to return it to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.

so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of the unrighteous money so that when it fails, they may welcome you into eternal dwellings.

For God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you showed for His name when you served the saints—and you continue to serve them.

Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy go on being made filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; and let the holy go on being made holy.”

Horn

“I will cut off all the horns of the wicked,
but the horns of the righteous will be lifted up.”

You have lifted up my horn
like that of a wild ox;
I have been anointed with oil.

Hannah prayed:

My heart rejoices in the Lord;
my horn is lifted up by the Lord.
My mouth boasts over my enemies,
because I rejoice in Your salvation.

General references

When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap all the way to the edge of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident; I am Yahweh your God.”

Pull out some stalks from the bundles for her and leave them for her to gather. Don’t rebuke her.”

Give to the one who asks you, and don’t turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.