Matthew 25:35-
40 For
I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink:
I was a stranger, and ye took me in: ... And
the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done [
it] unto one of
the least of these my brethren,
ye have done [it] unto me.
Deuteronomy 15:7-
14 If
there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee,
thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: ... Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: [
of that] wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him.
Job 31:16-
20 If I have
withheld the poor from [
their] desire, or have caused
the eyes of the widow to fail; ... If his loins have not blessed me, and [
if] he were [
not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Psalms 37:21 The wicked
borroweth, and payeth not again: but the
righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 37:25-
26 I have been young, and [
now] am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
nor his seed begging bread. ... [
He is]
ever merciful, and lendeth; and
his seed [
is] blessed.
Psalms 112:5-
9 A
good man
sheweth favour, and lendeth:
he will guide his affairs with
discretion. ...
He hath
dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his
righteousness endureth for ever; his
horn shall be exalted with honour.
Proverbs 3:27-
28 Withhold not good from
them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [
it]. ... Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
Proverbs 11:24-
25 There is
that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [
there is] that withholdeth more than is meet,
but [
it tendeth] to poverty. ... The
liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 19:17 He
that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth unto the LORD; and
that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-
2 Cast thy bread upon the
waters:
for thou shalt find it after many days. ... Give
a portion to
seven, and also to eight;
for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes 11:6 In the morning
sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for
thou knowest not whether shall
prosper, either this or that, or whether they both [
shall be] alike good.
Isaiah 58:6-
12 [
Is] not this the fast that I have chosen?
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the
heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? ... And [
they that shall be] of thee shall
build the old
waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called,
The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Daniel 4:27 Wherefore, O king,
let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and
break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities
by shewing mercy to the poor;
if it may be a
lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Luke 6:30-
36 Give to every man that asketh of thee;
and of him that taketh away thy goods ask [
them] not again. ... Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Luke 11:41 But
rather give alms
of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
Luke 14:12-
14 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor [
thy] rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again,
and a recompence be made thee. ... And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:
for thou shalt be recompensed at
the resurrection of the just.
Romans 12:20 Therefore
if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap
coals of fire on his head.
2 Corinthians 9:6-
15 But this
[I say],
He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. ...
Thanks [
be] unto God for
his unspeakable gift.
1 Timothy 6:17-
19 Charge them that are
rich in this world,
that they be not highminded, nor
trust in
uncertain riches,
but in
the living God,
who giveth us
richly all things to enjoy; ...
Laying up in store for themselves a good
foundation against
the time to come, that they may
lay hold on eternal life.
Hebrews 6:10 For God [
is] not unrighteous
to forget your
work and labour of love,
which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Hebrews 13:16 But
to do good and to
communicate forget not: for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
James 1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [
and]
to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James 2:15-
16 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, ... And
one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [
ye] warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body;
what [
doth it] profit?
1 John 3:16-
18 Hereby
perceive we the love [
of God], because he laid down his life for us:
and we ought to lay down [
our] lives for the brethren. ...
My little children,
let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
