Thematic Bible: Philanthropy
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Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
Philanthropy » General advice concerning
"'If your brother has become poor, and his hand can't support him among you; then you shall uphold him. He shall live with you like an alien and a temporary resident.
If a poor man, one of your brothers, is with you within any of your gates in your land which Yahweh your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother;
She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy.
"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Verse Concepts
Praying QuietlyAlms, Good DeedsAttention SeekersAffirmative ActionSermon On The MountGiving, Advice OnSaints, Care For The PoorBeing Seen By ManTaking HeedNo RewardOur Father In HeavenSeeing PeoplePraying Behind Closed DoorsRighteousnessExamples of secret prayerRewardlosing a loved oneHypocrisyBeing A Good Father
Jesus said to him, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."
Verse Concepts
Giving, Of PossessionsFollowing Jesus ChristCommitment, to Jesus Christethics, socialChristlikenessGenerosity, Humandiscipleship, nature ofChallengesBeggarsAlms, Good DeedsHeaven, Inheritance OfInvitationsPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoverty, Remedies ForReligionRestitutionReward, For God's PeopleRich, TheSelf Denial
But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.
Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.
When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.
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- Alms, Good Deeds
- Almsgiving
- Altruism
- Attention Seekers
- Attitudes, to other people
- Bags
- Beggars
- Being A Good Father
- Being Loved
- Being Seen By Man
- Belonging To Heaven
- Benevolence
- Blessing Others
- Burning People
- Challenges
- Charity
- Cheating
- Christlikeness
- Commitment, to Jesus Christ
- Compensation
- Damage To The Body
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- Deer Etc.
- Do Not Be Stingy
- Doing The Right Thing
- Doing Your Best
- Examples of secret prayer
- Exploitations
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- Following Jesus Christ
- Forethoughts
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- Fraud
- Gain Through Loss
- Generosity
- Generosity, Human
- Generosity, Used Towards
- Giving Back
- Giving Money To The Church
- Giving To The Poor
- Giving, Advice On
- Giving, Of Possessions
- Good Decision Making Examples
- Good Wives Description
- Good Works
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- Hardness Of Heart
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- Heaven, Inheritance Of
- Helping Others
- Helping Others In Need
- Helping The Poor
- Helping Those In Need
- Hoarding
- Hypocrisy
- I Am Unimportant
- Insects
- Instructions About Following
- Invitations
- Lack
- Law, Ot
- Liberality
- Losing Someone
- Love To Others
- Love To Others Shown In
- Loving Foreigners
- Loving Others
- Loving Yourself
- Man's Needs
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- Meaning
- Money Box
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- Moths
- Motivation
- No Decay
- No Reward
- Old Things
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- Our Father In Heaven
- People Made Perfect
- People Without Mercy
- Plenty Through Christ
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- Poverty, Attitudes Towards
- Poverty, Causes Of
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- Praying Behind Closed Doors
- Praying Quietly
- Priority
- Purses
- Religion
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- Restitution
- Reward
- Reward, For God's People
- Rich, The
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- Riches, Nature Of
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- Righteousness
- Saints, As Pilgrims
- Saints, Care For The Poor
- Seeing People
- Self Denial
- Self Indulgence
- Self Sacrifice
- Sermon On The Mount
- Sin, Accepting Forgiveness Of
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- Spiritual Treasures
- Stealing
- Stewardship
- Storing
- Strangers
- Stress And Hard Times
- Surrender
- Sympathy
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- Taking Heed
- The Inward Being
- The Surrendered life
- Things Wearing Out
- Those Helping The Poor
- Treasure
- Treasure In Heaven
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