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 the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples, and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway-side begging.
And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores,
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried:
And it came to pass, that as he had come nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging;
The neighbors therefore, and they who before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple.