He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
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Matthew 5:42 · 24 connections
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Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. …
End of linked passage: Luke 6:36But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 112:9Charge 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; …
End of linked passage: 1 Timothy 6:19Hereby 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. …
End of linked passage: 1 John 3:18If 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: …
End of linked passage: Deuteronomy 15:14Therefore 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.
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. …
End of linked passage: 2 Corinthians 9:15I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 37:26Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 3:28For 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: …
End of linked passage: Matthew 25:40If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, …
End of linked passage: James 2:16In 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.
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.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; …
End of linked passage: Job 31:20There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. …
End of linked passage: Proverbs 11:25Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. …
End of linked passage: Ecclesiastes 11:2Is 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? …
End of linked passage: Isaiah 58:12Then 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. …
End of linked passage: Luke 14:14For 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.
But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
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.
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