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 lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them.
I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food.
May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.
But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores,
"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried.
As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.
Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?"
And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts.