Hello Tcohen~
Here are Bible verses on the topics of giving to the needy:
Exodus 23:10-11
"For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, but
during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the
poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may
eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive
grove. ?
Leviticus 19:10
?Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that
have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your
God.?
Leviticus 23:22
" 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very
edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave
them for the poor and the alien. I am the LORD your God.' "
Leviticus 25:25
" 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and sells some of his
property, his nearest relative is to come and redeem what his
countryman has sold.?
Leviticus 25:35
" 'If one of your countrymen becomes poor and is unable to support
himself among you, help him as you would an alien or a temporary
resident, so he can continue to live among you.?
Deuteronomy 15:7-10
?If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the
land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or
tightfisted toward your poor brother. 8 Rather be openhanded and
freely lend him whatever he needs. 9 Be careful not to harbor this
wicked thought: "The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is
near," so that you do not show ill will toward your needy brother and
give him nothing. He may then appeal to the LORD against you, and you
will be found guilty of sin. 10 Give generously to him and do so
without a grudging heart??
Deut. 15:10
?Give freely without begrudging it, and the Lord your God will bless
you in everything you do. ?
Deuteronomy 15:11
?There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you
to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in
your land.?
Psalm 41:1
?Blessed is he who has regard for the weak;
the LORD delivers him in times of trouble.?
Psalm 37:21
?The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously?
Psalm 82: 3-4
?Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless;
maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Rescue the weak and needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.?
Proverbs 11:24-25
?One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.?
Proverbs 14:21
?He who despises his neighbor sins,
but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.?
Proverbs 14:31
?He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever
is kind to the needy honors God.?
Proverbs 19:17
?He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD ,
and he will reward him for what he has done.?
Proverbs 21:13
?If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out
and not be answered.?
Proverbs 22:9
?A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.?
Proverbs 28:22
?A stingy man is eager to get rich
and is unaware that poverty awaits him.?
Proverbs 28:27
?He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his
eyes to them receives many curses.?
Proverbs 29:7
?The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no
such concern.?
Proverbs 29:14
?If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.?
Proverbs 31:9
?Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."
Proverbs 31:20
?She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.?
(Part of a description of the ideal woman.)
Isaiah 10:1-2
?Woe to those who make unjust laws,
to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to deprive the poor of their rights
and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,
making widows their prey
and robbing the fatherless.?
Isaiah 58:7
?Is it not to share your food with the hungry
and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-
when you see the naked, to clothe him,
and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood??
Jeremiah 5:28
?? Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the
fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor.?
Jeremiah 22:15-16
?He did what was right and just,
so all went well with him.
He defended the cause of the poor and needy,
and so all went well.?
Ezekiel 16:49
" 'Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters
were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and
needy.?
Zechariah 7: 9-10
"This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show
mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the
fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts do not think evil of
each other.'?
Matthew 19:21
?Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions
and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,
follow me."
Matthew 25:34-46
Part of the Sheep & Goats story.
Mark 10:21
?Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said.
"Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Mark 12:42-43
?But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins,[1]
worth only a fraction of a penny.Calling his disciples to him, Jesus
said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the
treasury than all the others.?
Luke 11:41
?But give what you have to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.?
Luke 12:33
?Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for
yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not
be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. ?
Luke 14:13
?But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind??
Luke 18:22
?When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing.
Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have
treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
Ephesians 4:28
?He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing
something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to
share with those in need.?
Acts 4:32
?The Believers Share Their Possessions. All the believers were one in
heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his
own, but they shared everything they had.?
Acts 10:31
?? 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.?
1 Corinthians 16
?The Collection for God's People . Now about the collection for God's
people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day
of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in
keeping with his income, saving it up, so that when I come no
collections will have to be made.? (This refers to helping the needy,
not paying for the church?s needs.)
2 Corinthians 8
A chapter titled ?Generosity Encouraged?
2 Corinthians 9:6-9
?Sowing Generously. Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also
reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not
reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And
God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at
all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good
work. As it is written:
"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever."?
1 Timothy 6: 18-19
?Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous
and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for
themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may
take hold of the life that is truly life.?
James 1:27
?Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this:
to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself
from being polluted by the world.?
James 2:5-6
?Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in
the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom
he promised those who love him?
But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting
you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court??
Regards,
Kriswrite
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