7 Bible Verses about Destitutes
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Hath turned towards the prayer of the destitute, And not despised their prayer,
What profit, my brethren, - if one should be saying he hath, faith, but hath not, works; can his faith save him? If, a brother or sister, should be naked, and coming short of the daily food, And one from among you should say unto them - Withdraw in peace, be getting warmed and fed, but should not give them the things needful for the body, What the profit?read more.
So, also, faith, if it have not works, is dead, by itself.
Folly, is joy to him that lacketh sense, - but, a man of understanding, taketh a straight course.
And the steward said within himself - What shall I do, because my lord taketh away the stewardship from me? Dig, I cannot: to beg, I am ashamed.
Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
Let his children, wander about, and beg, Let them be driven out of heir ruins;
By reason of the autumn, a sluggard will not plough, therefore shall he beg in harvest, and there be nothing.