Reference: Beggars
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In the O.T. earthly prosperity was a sign of blessing. The Psalmist said that during the whole of his life he had not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread, Ps 37:25; whereas of a wicked one, typical of Judas, it is said, "Let his children be continually vagabonds and beg," Ps 109:10; but in bringing in strength and salvation Jehovah "lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes," 1Sa 2:8. The law made many provisions for the poor. In the N.T. we read of several beggars who were also blind, who received blessing, Mr 10:46; Lu 18:35; Joh 9:8; and in the parable the Lord spoke of the beggar named Lazarus who was carried into Abraham's bosom. Lu 16:20,22: cf. Ac 3:2.
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.
I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.
Let his children be vagabonds, and beg their bread; let them seek it also out of desolate places.
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out ofJericho, with his disciples and a great number of people, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, which was blind, sat by the highways side begging.
And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores,
And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.
And it came to pass, as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.
The neighbours, and they that had seen him before how that he was a beggar said, "Is not this he that sat and begged?"
And there was a certain man halt from his mother's womb, whom they brought and laid at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask his alms of them that entered into the temple.