Thematic Bible: The duty of
Thematic Bible
Benevolence » The duty of » Encouragement to
He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.
if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.
Now [the point is] this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, saying, "Since the offerings began to be brought to the house of Yahweh, [we have] eaten and been satisfied, and have much to spare, for Yahweh has blessed his people. Now [see] this abundant remainder!"
{He gives lavishly} to the needy; his righteousness endures forever. His horn rises high in honor.
A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.
Bring the whole tithe to {the storehouse}, so that there will be food in my house, and test me please in this," says Yahweh of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour forth for you {an overflowing blessing}.
Give, and it will be given to you, a good measure--pressed down, shaken, overflowing--they will pour out into your lap. For with the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you in return."
Benevolence » The duty of » Paul's exhortation
to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous, sharing freely,
And do not neglect doing good and generosity, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.
Verse Concepts
Acceptance, divineFellowship, Among Believersethics, incentives towardsGiving To OthersAcceptance, Of WorshipAlms, Good DeedsGood WorksGrace, In Human RelationshipsIndividualismParticipation, In ChristNeglecting PeoplePleasing GodPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesServing PeopleGenerosity
I have shown you [with respect to] all [things] that [by] working hard in this way it is necessary to help those who are in need, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all [people], and especially to those who belong to the household of faith.
Verse Concepts
LiberalityGiving, Of TimeAdoption, descriptions ofFamily, Showing God's RelationshipFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, personalChristiansBelieversMoney, Stewardship OfOpportunities, In LifePoverty, Attitudes TowardsPresent, TheWasteWatchfulness, Of BelieversWorldlinessGenerosity, Used TowardsSaints, Care For The PoorBrotherly LoveCaringCaring For Others
Benevolence » The duty of » Christ's commands
Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven where thief does not approach or moth destroy.
Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
And he answered [and] said to them, "The one who has two tunics must share with the one who does not have [one], and the one who has food must do likewise."
Benevolence » The duty of » The wise man's advice
If your enemy [is] hungry, feed him bread, and if thirsty, let him drink water.
Benevolence » The duty of » Moses injunction
If your relative who is a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman is sold to you, and [he or she] has served you six years, then in the seventh year you shall send that person [out] {free}. And when you send him [out] free from you, you shall not send him [away] empty-handed. You shall generously supply him from [among] your flocks and from your threshing floor and from your press; [according to] that [with which] Yahweh your God has blessed you, you shall give to him.
Benevolence » The duty of » The prophet's words
[Is it] not to break your bread for the hungry? You must bring {home} [the] poor, [the] homeless. When you see [the] naked, you must cover him, and you must not hide yourself from your {relatives}.
Confessing Christ » The duty of
Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father [either]; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also.
"And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God,
that if you confess with your mouth "Jesus [is] Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
"Therefore everyone who acknowledges me before people, I also will acknowledge him before my Father [who is] in heaven.
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.
Guests » Hospitality to » The duty of
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing [it].
[Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.
Ministers » Hospitality to » The duty of
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing [it].
[Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.
Social life » Hospitality » The duty of
being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
Verse Concepts
FaultsFaith, As A Body Of Beliefselders, in the churchBlamelessness, Church MinistersChurch Authority, Of EldarsReproachTeachersLove, In RelationshipsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleMinistry, In The ChurchMonogamyPolygamyPreaching, Importance OfSelf ControlWatchfulness, Of LeadersConduct, ProperMaterialism
contributing to the needs of the saints, pursuing hospitality.
but hospitable, loving what is good, prudent, just, devout, self-controlled,
Do not neglect hospitality, because through this some have received angels as guests without knowing [it].
[Be] hospitable to one another without complaining.
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