Thematic Bible: Care for
Thematic Bible
Fruit trees » Care for
When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
The poor » Care for » Is characteristic of saints
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
The poor » Care for » Should be urged
Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
The poor » Care for » Is a fruit of repentance
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.