Thematic Bible: Relieve
Thematic Bible
The poor » Relieve
‘Now if your fellow countryman becomes poor and his hand falters with you [that is, he has trouble repaying you for something], then you are to help and sustain him, [with courtesy and consideration] like [you would] a stranger or a temporary resident [without property], so that he may live among you.
Verse Concepts
Jesus answered him, “If you wish to be perfect [that is, have the spiritual maturity that accompanies godly character with no moral or ethical deficiencies], go and sell what you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me [becoming My disciple, believing and trusting in Me and walking the same path of life that I walk].”
Verse Concepts
Widow's » Saints » Relieve
So Peter got up [at once] and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upstairs room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing [him] all the tunics and robes that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
Verse Concepts
Related Topics
- Actual Widows
- Alms, Good Deeds
- Beggars
- Belonging To Heaven
- Benevolence
- Bereavement, Experience Of
- Challenges
- Christlikeness
- Cloth
- Clothing The Needy
- Commitment, to Jesus Christ
- Dress
- Finance
- Following Jesus Christ
- Gain Through Loss
- Generosity, Human
- Generosity, Used Towards
- Giving Money To The Church
- Giving To The Poor
- Giving, Of Possessions
- Heaven, Inheritance Of
- Hoarding
- Inner Garments
- Instructions About Following
- Invitations
- Liberality
- Love To Others Shown In
- Loving Foreigners
- Mourners
- Mourning The Death Of Others
- Outer Garments
- People Made Perfect
- Poor People
- Poverty, Attitudes Towards
- Poverty, Remedies For
- Religion
- Restitution
- Reward, For God's People